Aquinas, Thomas, Saint Summa Catholicae fidei contra gentiles. Rome: Heirs of Antonius Bladius & Joannes Osmerius, 1570, folio, edited by Franciscus de Sylvestris, [i.e. vol. 9 of the Bladus Opera Omnia], woodcut with portrait on title-page, device on otherwise blank last leaf, later boards, worn, inner margin of title restored, occasional discolouration [cf. Adams A1394]; Julian, the apostate Opera. Leipzig: M.C. Weidmann & J. Gleditsch, 1696, folio, title printed in red and black, additional engraved title, half-title, contemporary blindstamped vellum with central arabesque, some browning; Cotlerius, Johannes Baptista S.S. patrum qui temporibus apostolicis floruerunt. Antwerp: Huguet, 1698, 2 volumes, folio, titles with vignette and printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text, contemporary panelled calf, some light marginal dampstaining, short tear and wormhole to title of volume 1, neatly rebacked, morocco labels (4)
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A Aristotle Rhetoricorum Aristotelis libri tres, interprete Hermolao Barbaro, commentaria in eosdem Danielis Barbari. Venice: [apud Cominum de Tridino Montis Ferati], 1544. 4to., large device on the title-page, another at the end, contemporary limp vellum, edges worn, inner joints splitting, stain on title-page, worming of the inner margins throughout. [Note: Not in Adams; Riley 225B; Index Aureliensis 108.094] Oberti Giphanii … commentarii in decem libros ethicorum Aristotlelis ad Nicomachum, post sat bene longam suppressionem, iam bobi publici gratia, primum in lucem editi … [with Giffen's translation]. Frankfurt: impensis Lazari Zetzneri, 1608. 8vo., contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, upper cover detached, uniform paper discolouration throughout. [Note: Riley 202] Dn. Joannis Magiri … Corona virtutum moralium, universam Aristotelis summi philosophi Ethicen exacte enuncleans …. [The text of the Ethica translated by Adrien Turnebe; edited by Zacharias Palthenius]. Frankfurt: excusa typis Guolphangi Hofmann, 1628. Small 8vo., contemporary vellum, signature on title-page, uniform light paper discolouration throughout. [Note: Riley 96 with edition of 1601] Duns, Johannes, Scotus In universam Aristotelis logicam exactissimae quaestiones … nuper a Fratre Constantinio Sarnano … editus … Venice: apud Franciscum Franciscium, 1586. [in fine second part: 1582]. 2 parts in 1 volume, small 8vo., devices on the title-pages to both parts, contemporary vellum. [Note: Adams with edition of 1600; Index Aureliensis 157.582. Not in Riley] Cirellus, Iohannes Ethica Aristotelica, ad sacrarum literarum normam emendata. Eiusdem Ethica Christiana, seu explicatio virtuteum et vitiorum, quorum in sacris literis fit mentio … Luneburg: sumptibus Asteriorum, [n.d., c. 1700]. 4to., later calf, title-page a little dusty (5)
Aristotle De generatione et corruptione libri duo Francisco Vatablo interprete. Lyons: apud |Theobaldum Paganum, 1554. [bound with] Meteorlogicorum Aristotelis libri quatuor: Francisco Vatablo interprete. Lyons: apud Theobaldum Paganum, 1554. [bound with] De anima libri tres: Ioanne Argyropylo … interprete. Lyons: apud Theobaldum Paganum, 1554. [bound with] Aristotelis …Sensu & sensile, Memoria & reminscentia, Somno & vigilia …. Francisco Vatablo interprete. Lyons: apud Theobaldum Paganum, 1554. [bound with] Physicorum Aristotelis, seu, De naturali auscultatione, libri octo Ioanne Argyropylo … & Francisco Vatablo interpretibus. Lyons: apus Guilielmum Rovillium, 1554.[bound with] Aristotelis de coelo libri quatuor Ioanne Argryopylo … interprete. Lyons: apud Theobaldum Paganum, 1554. 6 works bound in 1 volume, small 8vo., printers' devices on the title-page of each volume, contemporary limp vellum, some title-page inscriptions and marginalia (chiefly in the De anima), lacking the front pastedown and free endpapers, edges of last few leaves a little frayed and with light water staining [Greek title] De moribus ad Nicomachum libri X … Basil, ex officina Oporiana, [1573]. Small 8vo., device on the title-page, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, contemporary blind stamped vellum with an overall deign of interlacing strapwork enclosing a central oval filled with a coat of arms surrounded by the motto Manet in aeternum verbum domini, lacking front free endpaper, small tear to the title-page, title-page with early ownership inscriptions, some uniform paper discolouration throughout, worm hole and marginal staining through the last couple of signatures Note: Riley 93; Index Aureliensis 108.851. Not in Adams. Translated and edited by Adrien Turnebe and Guillaume Morel. Ammonius, Hermeas [Greek title] In librum Aristotelis De interpretatione commentaria. Venice: [per Ioan. Ant. & Petrum fraters de Nicolinis de Sabio sumptu Melchioris Sessae, 1545]. Small 8vo., printer's device on the title-page, later half vellum, marbled boards, tear to lower margin of f.3, worm hole through ff. 14-40 (touching some letters of text) Note: Adams A990; Index Aureliensis 104.905. Not in Riley. (3)
Aristotle Parva quae vocant naturalia: De sensu & sensili, De memoria & reminiscentia, De Somno & vigilia [etc.] …. Omnia in latinum conversa, & antiquorum more explicata a Nicolao Leonico Thomaeo. Eiusdem opuscula nuper in lucem edita, item eiusdem dialogi quotquot extant. Paris: apud Simonem Colinaeum [in fine part 3: ex officina chalcographica Lodovici Cyanii], 1530. 3 parts in 1 volume, folio, printer's device on the title-page, woodcut diagrams in the text, woodcut initials, contemporary limp vellum, stained and worn, lower joint broken, title-page a little discoloured, repairs to inner margins of pp.271-273, a little light spotting of the final part Note: Adams A1889; Index Aureliensis A107.925; Renouard (Colines) 149. Not in Riley. BM apparently with two parts only.
Aristotle Parva naturalia. De sensu & sensile [etc.] … Omnia in latinum conversa & antiquorum more explicata a N. Leonico Thomaeo. [ Venice: Iacobus Fabrianus, 1546]. Folio, title-page in red and black within an elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut diagrams in the text, later calf, floral endpapers, title-page with early ownership inscription erased, first few signatures with some marginalia in an early hand, light water staining of the lower margins of the last couple of signatures Note: Not in Adams or Riley. A reprint of the edition by Bernardino and Matheo Vitali, Rome, 1523. The border is described by Essling 2202.
Aristotle Simplicii … commentaria in octo libros Arisotelis de physico auditu … Lucillo Philaltheo interprete. Paris: apud Ioannem Roigny, 1544, folio, printer's device of a printing press on the title-page, woodcut decorative initials, woodcut diagrams in the text, 18th century diced calf, gilt arms of the Earl of Malmesbury on both covers, red morocco lettering piece, joints split, inscribed Bibliothecae Colbertianae at the head of the title-page, earlier ownership inscription partly washed out, light uniform paper discolourartion, a few pages lightly spotted, without the final blank leaf Note: Adams A1898. Not in BM, Riley or Schawb. The fine printer's device is illustrated and described by Davies as no 247. The large decorative initials are probably designed by Geofrey Tory and are illustrated and described by Johnson Decorative initials no 53. Provenance: From the library of Jean- Baptiste Colbert (1625-1683), 'Le Grand Colbert', minister of state, founder of the Gobelins, of museums and acadamies, he left at his death a library of nearly 55,000 of books.
Aristotle Sancti Thomae Aquinatis … commentaria in octo physicorum Aristotelis libros …cum duplici textus translatione, antiqua, & Argyropoli recognitis. Ad hac accessit Roberti Linconiensis in eosdem summa. Paris: apud Societatem Bibliopolarum, 1660. Large folio, 2 volumes in 1, title-page to volume 1 in red and black, woodcut portrait of the angelic doctor on the title-page, text in two columns, woodcut diagrams in the text, 18th century diced calf, with the gilt arms of the Earl of Malmesbury on both covers, joints worn, edges rubbed, light paper discolouration throughout Note: Not in Goldsmith or Riley.The second volume contains the De coelo et mundo. Possibly a large paper copy. Buccaferrea, Lodovico Explanatio libri I. Physicorum Aristotelis … Venice: Hieronymus Scotus, 1570. Folio, woodcut portarit of Aristotle on the title-page, printer's device at the end, 19th century wrappers, spine chipped, title-page a little discoloured, a couple of leaves discoloured. Note: Not in Adams, Riley or Index Aureliensis. (2)
Aristotle Commentarii … in octo libros Aristotelis De physico auditu una cum quaestionibus … Padua: impensis Iacobi de Cadorinis, 1675. Folio, half-title, engraved title, (possibly lacking printed title?), light woodcut diagrams in the text, modern vellum over wooden boards, red morocco lettering piece, fore-edges uncut, water staining of upper outer corner of first few signatures and of pp. 375-382, 517-575, a few leaves discoloured, occasional marginalia, last leaf stained, with repair to the lower margin (no loss) Note: Not in Riley or in BM
Arpe, Petrus Fredericus De prodigiosis naturae et artis operibus talismanes et amuleta dictis. Hamburg: C. Liebeziet, 1717, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette; Dominico, D. Origio et genealogia gloriossimorum, comitum de Habsburg. Wratislaw: M. Hubertus, 1715, 2 works in one volume, 8vo, contemporary boards, light browning, rubbed Note: Caillet 446. Containing notes on around 550 occult authors and works.
Bacon, Roger Opus majus ad Clementum IV pontifiem maximum primum a Samuele Jebb M.D. Londini editum MDCCXXIII. Nunc vero diligenter recusum. Accedit Prologus Galeatus in reliqua opera eiusdem authoris. [edited by Giovanni degli Agostini and Joannes Illuminatus]. Venice: apud Franciscum Pitteri, 1750. Second edition, 4to., l9th century half vellum, marbled boards, titlepage with small tear (no loss) and two library stamps, some light water staining of the lower third of the book throughout, small patch of worming in the outer margins of a few signatures
Basil, Saint, Archbishop of Caeserea in Cappaodicia, called the Great Omnia quae in hunc diem latino sermone donata sunt opera… [edited by Joannes Gillootius]. Paris: apud Ioannem de Roigny, 1566. Folio, text in two columns, contemporary panelled calf the panels formed by two borders of roll tools and blind fillets, the spine decorated gilt in compartments, later (?) gilt crest and corner ornaments to the inner panels on both covers, covers both with scuff marks, a few instances of light marginal water staining, two library stamps on the titlepage Note: Not in Adams, BM or STC French Books. Index Aureliensis 114.545. Provenance: Parish of St Quentin, Rheims (?), the library of the Cannons of Rheims, the Orleans Cathedral Library and hence to St Hugh's Charterhouse at Parkminster.
Bayle, Pierre A general dictionary, historical and critical. London: J. Roberts & P. Vaillant, 1734-41, 10 volumes, folio, titles printed in red and black, contemporary panelled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, some joints cracked or splitting, occasional light spotting; Moreri, Louis Le grand dictionaire historique. Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1698, eighth edition, 4 volumes, folio, titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary half vellum with marbled sides, slightly spotted, rubbed and slightly soiled, tears to spine of volume 1; Scapula, Joannes Lexicon Graeco-Latinum. London: J. Norton & R. Whitaker, 1637, folio, title printed in red and black, contemporary calf, [STC 21806], title slightly spotted, rebacked retaining spine, rubbed; Richelet, Pierre Dictionaire françois. Amsterdam: J. Elzevir, 1706, folio, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, woodcut ornaments, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked retaining spine, armorial bookplate of Rt. Hon. Robert Lord Viscount Tamworth; sold not subject to return (16)
Bede, the venerable The historie of the church of England. St. Omers: John Heigham, 1622, second edition in English, 8vo, translated by Thomas Stapleton, contemporary calf, title slightly dusty, some light damp-staining of preliminary leaves, sidenotes on G2-3 shaved, corners repaired, rebacked Note:Second edition of the first translation into English, and the only English version until the 18th century. Stapleton originally published the book at Antwerp in 1565 with a dedication to Queen Elizabeth in the hope that if she read it she would return to the Roman Catholic faith. This second edition has a dedication to James I. Based on written sources and verbal communications Bede's History is the primary source for British history from 597 to 731. STC 1779
Boverio, Zaccaria Annalium seu sacrarum historiarum ordinis minorum S. Francisci qui Capucini nuncupantur. Lyons: heirs of G. Boissat & L. Anisson, 1639, volume 2 only, folio, titles within engraved borders, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps, single wormhole in volume 2 from title to T4, some light spotting; Lapide, C.C. a Commentarii in IV evangelia. Lyons: G. Boissant, 1638, folio, 2 volumes in one, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps, some spotting and occasional slight browning; Freher, Marquard Tractatus de fama publica. Frankfurt-am-Main, 1588, 4to, 2 parts in one volume, woodcut device on titles, eighteenth-century half calf, [this edition not in Adams] ex libris Francisi Adlophi Würschmitt on title, minor worming in lower margin & affecting lower line of text (3)
Browne, Sir Thomas The works of... London: Thomas Basset [& others], 1686, folio, portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 4 parts in one volume, contemporary calf gilt, [Wing T5150], rebacked, rubbed, upper board loose, frontispiece repaired in margin, ink notes on endpaper; Taylor, Jeremy Sumbolon Theologikon or a collection of polemicall discourses. London: printed by R. Norton for R. Royston, 1674, folio, portrait frontispiece, engraved title, double page engraved plate, later half calf, [Wing T399], neatly rebacked, spine gilt, light marginal dampstaining at beginning, printed title strengthened in inner margin, frontispiece somewhat soiled and laid down (2)
Buxtorf, Johannes Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum. Basel: L. König, 1640 [engraved title dated 1639], folio, engraved title and portrait frontispiece, contemporary roll tooled pigskin over wooden boards, single wormholes to title and fore-margin towards beginning, a little light spotting, head of spine a little rubbed, binding slightly dust-soiled Note: Buxtorf's last work, a dictionary of Aramaic words occuring in the Targum, the Talmud and the Rabbinical commentaries. Provenance: M. Martin Zobte, of Wratislaw, C. Schmidt, early inscriptions; Oscar T. Thrope, Christ's College, Cambridge; James H. Vidal, Chiddingly, inscriptions; Richmond College Library, stamp on endpaper
Calvin, Jean The institution of the Christian religion, translated by Thomas Norton. London: H. Midleton for W. Norton, 1587, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, title with woodcut device, lacks The Table after 3I1, lacks spine, a little light spotting and soiling, paper flaw to corner of Vv1 affecting a letter, a few leaves lightly damp-stained, first word of title just shaved Note: STC 4422 Provenance: Richard Milton, Broughton and Joseph ?Whale, early inscriptions
[Combe, William] & Rowlandson, Thomas The English dance of death. London: R. Ackermann, 1815-16. First edition in book form, 8vo, 2 volumes, hand-coloured engraved title, 72 hand-coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson, late 19th century red morocco gilt extra, a.e.g., some light rubbing to hinges, occasional spotting and offsetting; Ibid. The dance of life, a poem. London: R. Ackermann, 1817. First edition in book form, 8vo, hand coloured engraved title, 24 hand coloured plates, uniform red morocco with previous volume, some light rubbing to head, tail and hinges, some offsetting from plates (3) Note: Abbey, Life, 263; Tooley 411.
Davies, Edward Celtic researches on the original, traditions & language of the Ancient Britons. London, 1804, 8vo, two plates of runes, original boards, rebacked, some light foxing; Lucas, Charles A descriptive account in blank verse of the old Serpentine Temple of the druids at Avebury... Marlborough, 1801, second edition, 8vo, presented by the author to Joseph Gummon, disbound, final leaf loose and torn; Williams, Rev J. Druidic stones. London, 1850, 8vo, modern quarter calf gilt; Weaver, R. Monumenta antiqua. London, 1840, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary cloth gilt, some fading; Daniel, Sir John The philospohy of ancient Britain. London, 1927, 8vo, original cloth gilt, rubbed in patches; Short, W.T. Collectanea curiosa antiqua dunmonia, or an essay on some druidical remains in Devon. Exeter, [no date], 8vo, 6 plates, original cloth gilt, sunned; Clarke, D.V. Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh, 1985, 4to, dustwrapper; and two volumes of clippings, notes and photographs on Stonehenge (8)
Del Rio, Martin Antoine Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex. Lyon: Jean Pillehotte, 1612, folio, engraved title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, contemporary vellum, some worming in inner margin occasionally affecting an inner sidenote, occasional light discolouration Note: An early edition of this compendious work about demonology and superstition by the Jesuit Del Rio (1551-1609). Caillet 2967
Dugdale, William & Dodsworth, Roger Monastici Anglicanum. London: C. Wilkinson, T. Dring & C. Harper, 1682, [London: R. Scott, 1673], [Savoy: T. Newcomb, A. Roper, J. Martin & H. Herringman, 1673], second edition of volume 1, first edition of volumes 1 and 3, 4to, 3 volumes, additional engraved title in volume 1, numerous engraved plates, some by Hollar, folding plates neatly mounted on stubs, titles printed in red and black, contemporary calf, two plates torn without loss, occasional light discolouration or spotting, volume 1 upper board loose, volume 2 neatly rebacked retaining original spine, corners repaired, volume 3 hinges splitting; Stevens, John. The history of the ancient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals... being two additional volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum, 1722, 2 volumes, folio, engraved plates, some folding, contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, one joint cracking (5) Note: Wing D2485; D2483a; D2483; Provenance: Sir George Cooke of the Inner Temple, bookplates reinserted onto new endpapers
Duppa, R. The life and literary works of Michel Angelo Buonarroti. London, 1806. First edition, 4to, portrait frontispiece, folding plate, 26 [of 48] plates, modern calf gilt, foxing; Hassell, J. Memoirs of the life of the late George Morland... London: James Cundee, 1806, 4to, engraved title, frontispiece, 7 plates, full green morocco gilt extra by Zaehnsdorf, some rubbing to hinges, some light foxing, bookplate; Burnet, John An essay on the eduaction of the eye with reference to painting. London, 1837, 4to, 7 plates, modern half calf gilt, slipcase, some foxing [mainly to plates]; Mason, William The art of painting of Charles Alphonse de Fresnoy. York: printed by A. Ward, 1783, 4to, half title, contemporary calf gilt, some rubbing to hinges, worn at corners, marble endpapers, bookplate of C. Mallord Turner; Opie, John Lectures on painting. London, 1809, 4to, frontispiece, plates, ex-library [stamps throughout], contemporary half red morocco gilt, worn; Fuseli, H. Lectures on painting. London, 1820, 4to, frontispiece, vignette title, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, ex-library with bookplate and stamps throughout; Ralph, Benjamin The school of Raphael. London, [no date], plates, later cloth, rubbed, foxing; Canova, A. Works... London, 1876, 4to, portrait frontispiece, plates, contemporary decorative cloth gilt, rebacked, rubbing, some foxing; and 5 others on art (12)
Durand, David La vie et les sentiments de Lucilio Vanini. Rotterdam: Gaspar Fritch, 1717, first edition, 8vo, engraved vignette on title-page, title in red and black, four line autograph dedication by the author to Mons. l'Apotre(?) on title and numerous manuscript corrections in the author's hand, early ninteeenth century citron morocco, crest of Baron Northwick on upper cover, a little light spotting Note: The margins contain numerous corrections and additions, and in the autograph dedication Durand requests Je prie Mons. l'Apotre(?) d'accepter cet exemplaire de mon Vanini corrigé de ma main et augmenté en divers endroits comme une marque de mon estime et une preuve de ma part Reconnaissance D. Durand. On the flyleaf is a manuscript list of six periodicals of 1717-18 which mention this work. The work is dedicated to William North, sixth Baron North (1678-1734). Caillet 3430 Provenance: Spencer-Churchill library, armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick on upper cover, and J.S. on lower cover; Jack Wallis, bookplate.
Dutch imprints--Jonston, John Thaumatographia naturalis. Amsterdam: J. Jansson, 1665, 12mo, additional engraved title, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e., some light dampstaining; Huet, P.D. Demonstratio evangelica. Amsterdam: J. Waesberg, 1680, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary vellum; Stanihurst, William Dei immortalis in corpore mortali patientis. Antwerp: M. Cnobbaert, 1664, 8vo, engraved title, contemporary vellum, clasps; Grotius, Hugo Historia Gotthorum, Vandalorum & Langobardorum. Amsterdam: L. Elzevir, 1655, 8vo, engraved title, contemporary vellum, dampstained throughout, owner's name deleted from foot of lower margin of engraved title creating small hole; Euclid Elementorum sex. Leiden: C. Boutestein, 1711, 12mo, diagrams, contemporary vellum; Bellarmino, Roberto De ascensione mentis in deum per scalas rerum creatarum. Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana, 1615, 8vo, contemporary vellum; Horne, G. Historia ecclesiastica. Leiden: J. Verbessel, 1687, 12mo, engraved title, antique style calf-backed boards; Diogenes Laertius Vitae philosophorum. Leiden: officina Plantiniana, 1596, 16mo, later calf, joints splitting, library stamp on title; Hugo, H. Pia desideria tribus libris comprehensa. Antwerp: Luccas de Potter, [c.1657], 12mo, engraved title and 45 plates, contemporary calf, a few fore-margins neatly restored; Ellis, J. Articulorum XXXIX ecclesiae anglicanae defensio. Amsterdam: J. Paul, 1700, 12mo, contemporary calf, worn; Machiavelli, N. Historiae Florentinae libri octo. Leiden: H. de Vogel, 1645, 12mo, engraved title, contemporary vellum, lower cover affected by damp; and 3 others (14)
Folklore and Fairies, Durham and Northern Counties A few fragments of fairyology. Durham: W. Duncan, 1859; Folk-lore, or manners, customs, weather proverbs, popular charmes... in the north of England, Richmond: J. Bell, 1858, 32 pp., ?lacking title; To every individual fairy, witch and gypsy from the day of the witch of Endor down to that of Billy Dawson... this tract is inscribed, Durham: W. Duncan, 1852; Supplement to the local rhymes, proverbs, sayings, &c. of the county of Durham, Durham: W. Duncan, 1859, bound with other tracts and offprints, 8vo, brown half morocco gilt, upper board almost detached; Ireland - Croker, Thomas Crofton Fairy legends and traditions of the south of Ireland. London, 1825, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, some light foxing, bookplate of John Drummond (2) Note: Loosely inserted is a dried and flattened frog. Provenance: D.W. Dixon, bookplate and inscription.
Fregoso, Antonio Opera nuova... laqual tratta de doi philosophie, coioe de Democrito che ridvea de la pazie de questo modo & Heraclito che piangueua de le miserie humane. Venice: Agostoino di Bendoni, 1542, 8vo, contemporary vellum, woodcut on title, a little light damp-staining Note: Not in Adams
Gregory, Saint, Bishop of Nyssa Opera …De Graeco in Latinum a diversis, sed potissimum a D. Laurentio Sifano … translate … Basle: per Nic. Episcopium, 1562. Folio, printer's device on the titlepage and at the end, contemporary roll-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, original clasps present, small library stamp on titlepage, some light water staining and paper discolouration Note: Adams G1111 Provenance: Cancelled library stamp of the Stadtbliothek of Trier.
Haslam, John Observations on madness and melancholy. London: J. Callow, 1809, second edition, 8vo, black half morocco, raised bands, morocco label, a little light spotting Note: From the library of Middlesex Hospital with stamp on dedication leaf and preface. A number of marginal notes reflect first-hand experience: symptoms of depression evident and proved so beyond doubt by examination of several cases in this hospital after death, here the symptoms were violent yet the appearances were not such as to mark such increased action G. & M. 4794
Hermes Trismegistus Mercurii Trismegisti poemander, seu de potestate ac sapientia divina. Paris: Adr. Turnbebus, 1554, small 4to, 2 parts in one volume, Greek and Latin title and text, the Greek edited by P. Angelio da Barga, woodcut initials and ornaments, part 2 with final blank, seventeenth century calf, slightly spotted, some light dampstaining to lower margin at beginning, once rebacked and recornerned, rubbed, lower cover detached Note: The name Pimander is derived from the Egyptian P-eime nte-re, the knowledge [or understanding] of Re, rendered into Greek as the intelligence of the supreme power. It was the name given to the first fourteen treatises of the Corpus Hermeticum, after the name of the first treatise. This new corpus of Greek texts arrived in Florence in about 1463 where they were studied by Ficino and from which he found a link between Plato and the Old Testament. Ficino's Latin translation was first published in Treviso in 1471; Adams M346, cf. Caillet 5094.
History Le grand theatre historique, ou nouvelle histoire universelle... Leiden: Pierre Vander, 1703, folio, 5 volumes in 3, engraved title, dedication, folding world map, 10 portraits, 2 folding plates, contemporary calf gilt, worn, hinges split, some light staining, occasional spotting, volume 5 bound as Tome II, Tome III contains volumes III & IV (5)
Kant, Immanuel Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre. Koenigsberg: R. Nicolovius, 1797, first edition, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rather spotted and browned, slightly rubbed; Ibid. Prolegomena zu einer jeden kunstigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft. Riga: J.F. Hartknoch, 1783, first edition, 8vo, with final blank, contemporary half calf, slightly spotted; Ibid. Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht abgefasst. Koenigsberg: F. Nicolovius, 1798, first edition, early nineteenth century half sheep, owner's name on title-page washed out & erased with resulting hole, lacks free endpapers, rubbed; Beobachtungen über das Gefuhl des Schönen und Erhabenen. Riga: F. Hartknoch, 1771, first edition, 12mo, nineteenth-century boards, light spotting and occasional underlining; Ibid. Die Metaphysik der Sitten. Koenigsberg, F. Nicolovius, 1797, 2 volumes in one, errata leaf at end of volume 1, contemporary boards, browned and spotted, rebacked, joints split, worn; [Haywood, Francis] An analysis of Kant's Critick of Pure Reason. London: W. Pickering, 1844, 8vo, original cloth, paper label chipped; and 4 later critical works relating to Kant (11)
Leibniz, Gottfried Willhelm von Essais de Theodicée sur la bonté de dieu. Amsterdam: François Changuion, 1747, 2 volumes, 12mo, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, contemporary mottled calf, folding table, with initial blank leaves, head and tail of spines worn; Ibid. another copy. Amsterdam: D. Mortier, 1720, 12mo, folding table at end, contemporary calf, rubbed, library stamp of Farnburo Bibliotheca on title, some spotting and light marginal staining, adhesion affecting a few words on B12, slightly rubbed (2) Note: First published in 1710 by Isaac Troyel at Amsterdam. Provenance:A.E. Tscharner, bookplate
Literature - Goethe, J.W. von Works… Boston: Francis Niccolls, 1902, Connoisseur Edition, 8vo, 12 [of 14] volumes, one of 150 copies, illustrated, [with] Lewes, George Henry Life of Goethe, 2 volumes [with] Schiller, Friedrich Poetical works, all in original half morocco gilt, rubbed at edges, some fading to backstrips, some worming to hinges, The Tragedy of Faust Part 1 lacking title [with] Lewes, ex-library bookplates removed, stamped on verso of titles; Ruskin, John Fors clavigera... Orpington, 1871-87, 8vo, 8 [of 9] volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, some light rubbing; Collingwood, W. The life and work of John Ruskin. London, 1893, 4to, 2 volumes, number 57 of 320 copies, signed by the publisher, tipped in colour frontispiece, plates, later half blue morocco gilt, some fading to backstrip; Dacre, Lady Barbarina Poems... London, 1821-36, 8vo, 3 volumes, decorative vellum gilt, red and black labels, interiors clean; Grimm, M.M. German popular stories... London, 1826, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank, contemporary half calf, worn, boards loose, tape repairs to inner hinges, prelims loose in volume I, heavily stained throughout; and a quantity of works of 19th Century literature (quantity)
Locke, John The works... to which is added, the life of the author. London: D. Browne, C. Hitch [&c.], 1759, sixth edition, 3 volumes, folio, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spines gilt, a little light worming in volume 1 and 3, mainly in margins but occasionally affecting text, boards somewhat scraped
Manuscript bible commentary Trãc. De. Dõ. Uõ. Dspão. Prõals. De. Tlgio. necessitate p priabus et objectd.., eighteenth-century bible commentary, brown ink, same hand throughout, Latin text, some Greek, 24-31 lines, 8vo, pages 1-554 (543-546 missing), in older vellum binding, some underlining, binding slightly soiled;[English epitaphs] Manuscript collection of English epitaphs, inscribed John Frize His Book Was Made the 29th day of October Anno. Dom 1745, oblong 8vo, 84 pages, old boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, some light soiling of text (2) Note: Eighteenth-century bible commentary, summary of the saints and history of the church and reformation in England, with references to Henry VIII, Elizabeth, Charles II, Miles Coverdale, Zwingli and others. John Frize may have been a gravestone stonemason as a number of the epitaphs are marked as old man's verse, young woman's verse &c. and on the endpaper there are precise measurements for headstones. John Frize has added his own quatrain for posterity: This Little Book my name shall have When I am Dead and Laid in grave When Greedy worms have Eaten me then here you all my name shall see
Medicine - Lavater, John Casper Essays on physiognomy. London: John Stockdale, 1810, large 4to, 3 volumes in 5, half titles, vignette titles in volumes I & II, 173 engraved plates [as called for, 174 listed but plate 29 passed over in numbering series], contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, some light browning, marginal staining in volume II part II (5) Note: Welcome III p.458
Nemesius, Bishop of Emesa De natura hominis, lib. unus, nunc primum & in lucem editus. Antwerp: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1565, 8vo, title and text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, seventeenth century calf, spine gilt, sporadic faint marginal damp-staining, neatly rebacked, occasional early light underlining of text Note: Editio princeps of this physiological and psychological study of man, reflecting the influence of Galen and Porphyry and early Christian teaching, with its thesis that the spiritual life of man is conditioned by the body's natural limitations. Adams N158.
Newton, Isaac Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London: G. and J. Innys, 1726, 4to, modern calf, license leaf, portrait and title supplied in facsimile, several other leaves supplied from another copy, damp-staining throughout in upper margin and extending into text from Ppp1, slight damp-staining in fore margin, a few leaves renewed in inner margin, occasional light soiling, a few marginal repairs Note: The last edition of Newton's Principia published during his lifetime. Babson 13. Provenance: Evan Davis, Tannhdda, inscription on page 146.
Ovidius Naso, Publius Metamorphoses in Latin and English. Amsterdam: Wetsteins and Smith, 1732, folio, 2 volumes in one, engraved illustrations, 6 engraved plates on 3 leaves, contemporary calf, very worn, joints split, spine block split, head and tail of spine worn, some light spotting and minor soiling, lower cover gouged Note: Cohen-de Ricci 768
Pelbartus, Oswaldus, de Themeswar Pomerium sermonum …. Has quatuor partes continet: De tempore dominicales; De Sanctis; Quadragesimale triples; Stellariu beate virginis … [Hagenau: per Henricum Gran, 1521, in fine 1520]. Two of 4 parts, folio, Black Letter, title to the first work in red and black, both titles within woodcut borders of renaissance ornaments, in two columns, later half sheep, paper boards, morocco lettering piece, some single wormholes, light water staining of the lower margins of some leaves, neat repairs to a tear in the upper margins of sermons 27-33 and to outer margin of last leaf Note: BM, STC German Books p.680; Adams with various parts. The two parts are the De tempore dominicales and Stellariu beate virginis. The Franciscan writer and prearcher Pelbart (also known as Pelbartus Ladislaus de Temesavr) was born in Hungary in 1430 where from the University of Krakow he is next mentioned in the annals of the St. John Monastery in Buda. The first printed edition of the Sermons was in 1498 and these and other works were frequently reissued. He died in Buda in 1503.
Plato Operum a Marsilio Ficino traltorum. Lyons: apud Ioan. Tornaesium, 1550. 5 volumes, 12mo., printer's device on the titlepage of each volume, circular motto with pyramid device at the end of each volume, woodcut diagrams, ruled in red throughout (now faded), 19th century morocco, a.e.g., edges a little rubbed, tear or paper fault to title of volume 1 affecting text, and similarly to a2 (repaired), some light paper discolouration Note: Not in Adams; BM STC French Books p.353
Plato [Greek title] Opera quae extant omnia ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata … Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpetatione iudicium, & multorum contextus graeci emendatio. [Geneva]: excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1578. First complete edition, 3 volumes bound as 2 (volumes 1 & 3 bound togther, large device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, decorative woodcut intials and headpieces, later light tan polished morocco, rubbed, titlepage a little dusty and with early ownership inscription, light water staining of the outer margins offirst volume and of upper margins of volume 2, some general paper discolouration (2) Note: Adams P. 1439;Renouard 145:1; Schreiber 201 Henri Estienne's monumental edition of Plato, the first complete edition, which for two centuries remained the indispensable instrument of Platonic studies; to this day its pagination is universally accepted as the standard system of reference to the text of Plato (Schreiber). It is the first ediiton of Jean de Serres' translation. The strikingly elaborate device, designed for this work, makes its first and only appearance here. The copy is complete with the dedications to Elizabeth I, James VI and the Canton of Berne - their absence is the works most common defect.
Plato [Greek title] Opera quae extant omnia ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata … Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpetatione iudicium, & multorum contextus gareci emendatio. [Geneva]: excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1578. First complete edition, 3 volumes, large device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, decorative woodcut intials and headpieces, leaves *** IV & V in volume 1 present in duplicate,18th century mottled calf, worn and rubbed, hinges split, titlepage a little dusty and with early ownership inscriptions, occasional light spotting, some marginal waterstaining in volume 3 (3) Note: Adams P. 1439; Dibdin **** ;Renouard 145:1; Schreiber 201. With the dedications to Elizabeth I, James VI and the Canton of Berne. Provenance
Plato [Greek title] Opera omnia quae exstant Marsilio Ficino interprete … Lyons: apud Guillelmum Laemarium, 1590. Folio, large device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek,later calf, worn and rubbed, boards detached, title-page dusty and partly waterstained, some light paper discolouration throughout, water staining of the margins of the last few leaves, repair to margins of last leaf Note: Adams 1440; BM STC French Books p.353
Plato The works of Plato, viz his fifty-five dialogues, and twelve epistles, tanslated from the Greek; nine of the dialogues by the late Flower Sydenham, and the remainder by Thomas Taylor. London: printed for Thomas Taylor, 1804. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to., without half titles, 1 plate in volume 1, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, covers detached from all but volume 3, occasional light spotting or foxing (5) Note: Lownders 1877; Raine & Mills Taylor, p. 525 While it is known that Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Shelly and Peacock owned Taylor's books, the reading public for his works must have been small, and much of their ideas and contents diseminated through discussion and by reaading reviews. In the case of his Plato, further limitations were placed by the bulk of the edition, which had been printed under the patronage of Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk, being bought up by that eccentric peer and kept locked up by him, before being eventually sold off in 1848. Provenance: With the bookplate of Thomas South and autograph of A.J. & M. Atwood.
Plotinus Operum philosophicorum omnium libri liv. in sex Enneades distributi ex antiquiss. codicum fide nunc primum Graecè editi, cum Latina Marsilii Ficini interpretatione & commentatione (with the Life of Plotinus by Porphyrius). Basel: Perneas Lecythus [i.e. Pietro Perna], 1580, folio, parallel Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, Ss8 and final recto, woodcut initials, woodcut portrait of Ficino on verso of a6, contemporary calf, lower corner of title restored, some spotting and occasional light discolouration, damp-staining chiefly confined to upper margin, title with small ink-stain and single wormhole in upper margin, rebacked, scrapes neatly repaired Note: First edition of the original Greek of the writings of the founder of Neoplatonism. Ficino's Latin translation was first published in 1492 in Florence, the home of renaissance Platonism. Books 2 and 3 deal with physics and cosmology, and chapter 13 of book 2 contains a tract on astrology. Adams P1597, Caillet 8752. Provenance: John Alfred Spranger, Trin. Coll. Cambridge, bookplate
Priestley, Joseph The doctrine of philosophical necessity illustrated. London: J. Johnson, 1777, first edition, 8vo, half-title, errata leaf, advertisement leaf at end, period style half calf retaining original marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco label, occasional light spotting Provenance: Oldham, early inscription on title.
Scarpa, Antonio Traité pratique des hernies. Paris: Gabon, 1812, first French edition, folio and 8vo, 11 engraved plates and 10 outline plates; Supplement au traité pratique. Paris: Gabon, 1823, plates numbered 12-21 and three outline plates, plate volume modern quarter cloth, tissue guards, some light dust-soiling and marginal damp-staining, text volume original wrappers, uncut, cloth box, slight spotting Note: One of the greatest classics on hernia Heirs of Hippocrates 1110; Garrison-Morton 3583, citing the 1809 Milan first edition.
Sharp, Grenville The just limitation of slavery in the laws of God. London: printed for B. White, 1776, 8vo, half title, later marble wrappers, some light foxing; Ibid. The law of liberty or Royal law by which all mankind will certainly be judged. London: printed for B. White, 1776, 8vo, half title, later marble wrappers; Ibid. The law of passive obedience. London, 1776, 8vo, later marbled wrappers (3)
Simeoni, Gabriele Les illustres observations antiques du Seigneur Gabriel Symeon Florentin en son dernier voyage d'Italie l'an 1557. Lyon: Ian de Tournes, 1558. First edition, 4to, engraved vignette on the titlepage, ornamental initials on criblé-ground and typographical ornaments, numerous woodcut illustrations of tombs, coins, inscriptions, view, etc. in the text, later tan polished calf, gilt arms on both boards, spine decorated gilt, titlepage a little dusty, light marginal water staining, a few occasional small stains Note: Adams 51161, Mortimer 497, BM, STC French Books p.402. The author notes in the preface that he composed the work in both French and Italian with the French to appear first followed by the Italian (Illustratione de gli epitaffi et medaglie antiche, 1558) which was to be augmented. The work has many fine woodcuts including numerous inscriptions surrounded by arabesque borders or architectural frames to represent monuments, rare Roman medallions, statues, sarcophagi and other antiquities. There is a view of Vaucluse with the villa of Petrarca; a Roman calendar with fine woodcuts of the Zodiac heading the months; a woodcut of Actaeon which also appeared in the de Tournes edition of Ovid in 1557. There is a medallion portrait of the author on title surrounded by an elaborate architectural frame. The illustrations comprise 61 woodcuts of epitaphs, 35 of medallions and 15 smaller cuts in the text and are attributed to Bernard Salomon. Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill as son and heir of Thomas Earl of Elgin and Earl of Ailesbury, dated 1712.
Storer, James History and antiquities of the cathedral churches of Great Britain. London: Rivingtons, et al., 1814-19, 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved titles, 246 plates, 19th century half green morocco gilt, backstrips rubbed, some foxing; Staveley, Thomas The history of churches in England. London, 1712, 8vo, a folding plate, modern quarter calf gilt, ink notes on prelims, ink inscription to title, foxing and browning; Rackham, Bernard The ancient glass of Canterbury cathedral. London, 1949, 4to, colour plates, original cloth gilt, slipcase, some slight fading to backstrip, some light foxing to page edges; Moule, Thomas Winkle's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales. London, 1838, 8vo, 3 volumes, from drawings by Robert Garland, 177 plates, 3 engraved titles, original cloth gilt, sunned; Brandon, R. & J.A. An analysis of gothick architecture. London, 1860, new edition, 4to, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, sunned, heavily foxed (10)
Vergilius Maro, Publius Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis.... Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, lower board loose, some foxing; Proclus The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus... London, 1792, 4to, 2 volumes, vignette titles, contemporary calf, red and black labels, hinges cracking, ink inscription removed from titles; Plutarch Lives. Edinburgh, 1758, 8vo, 6 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, second leaf removed in the each volume [half titles?], owner's ink inscription on titles, some browning; Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe The adventures of Telemachus. London, 1705, fourth edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges weak, lacking front endpaper, browning and staining throughout; Cicero, Marcus Tullius Paraclesis or consolations deduced from natural and revealed religion. Edinburgh, 1767, 8vo, translated by Thomas Blacklock, contemporary calf gilt, red label, owner's ink inscription on title and front pastedown, worm to last few leaves [no text loss]; Aeschylus The tragedies of Aeschylus. London, 1809, 8vo, new edition, translated by R. Potter, polished half calf gilt, interior clean; Philostratus The two first books of Philostratus, concerning the life of Apollonius Tyaneus. London, 1680, 4to, translated by Charles Blount, title in red and black, contemporary vellum, worn, upper board loose, title and front endpaper loose, browning [Wing P2132]; L'Estrange, Roger Seneca's morals by way of abstract. London, 1764, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, hinges split, owner's ink stamp on title, clipping pasted into front; Cicero, M.T.<D De Officiis libri tres. Oxford, 1729, 8vo, vignette title, contemporary calf, worn, hinges split, staining; Apuleius Opera. London, 1825, 8vo, 7 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, some light foxing; and 29 others (52)
Berthius, Petrus Theatri geographiae veteris. Leiden and Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir and Jodocus Hondius, 1618-1619. First edition, 2 volumes in one, folio (42 x 27.5cm) printed half title, 2 engraved titles within architectural borders, engraved portraits of Mercator, 47 double-page engraved maps after Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, all the maps mounted on guards, 30 hand-coloured in outline, parallel text in Greek and Latin, engravings in the text, 18th century mottled calf gilt, red morocco label, some dampstaining, chiefly of fore-margin in volume 2, sometimes affecting text and the four Tabulae peutingerinae maps, occasional light spotting, without the portrait of Berthius on verso of dedication leaf, foot of spine rubbed, upper corner bumped, joints lightly rubbed Note: An important edition of Ptolemy re-edited by Bertius. The first part of this work contains the twenty-eight maps from Mercator's editions of Ptolemy first issued in 1578. The second part consists of the Tabula Peutingeriana and fourteen maps of the ancient World from the Parergon of Abraham Ortelius.
18th Century Army Lists A list of the general and field-officers as they rank in the army. London, 1768, 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn, hinges splitting, upper section of backstrip lacking, ink library stamp on title, ink inscription on title below stamp; Ibid A list of the officers of the army and marines. London, 1785-1797, 8vo, 8 volumes, including 1785 [contemporary calf gilt], 1786 [contemporary calf, rebacked], 1787 [contemporary calf, rebacked, duplicate stamp on front pastedown], 1789 [modern cloth], 1791 [contemporary tree calf gilt], 1794 [contemporary half calf, hinges cracking, ink inscription on title and pastedown Dorville? Poole, Lane Light Dragoons], 1797 [calf, rebacked, lacking front endpaper, ink inscripiton on title] (8)
Cameron Highlanders A album of albumen prints showing 5th (service) Battalion Cameron Highlanders, 24 prints pasted onto leaves, each approx 28.5 x 20.5cm, original half green morocco gilt, hinges split; Mackenzie, Capt. T.A., et al. Historical records of the 79th Queen's own Cameron Highlanders. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1887, 8vo, dedicated to Lochiel by the officers of the 79th Queen's own Cameron Highalnders, Sept 1887, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, some light rubbing; Lovat Scouts Typescript of the Lovat Scout History of the First World War, address of Dr Allan Fraser on front endpaper, original binder with paper label (3)
French Pamphlets Anti-Mavregard... ov le fantosme dv bien pvblic, L'. [Paris], [n. pr.] , 1614. Small. 8vo., pp. 8, italic letter, 1 woodcut initial, uniform light discolouration. [Lindsay & Neu 2875; BM. STC. 17th century French Books, M 715; NUC records 3 copies: at Newberry, Univ. Wisconsin & Harvard.] Bon Navarrois, le …aux pieds dv Roy.[s.l., n. pr.], 1615. Small 8vo., pp. 16, light waterstains on first couple of leaves, 4 leaves loose. [Lindsay & Neu 3225; BM. STC. 17th century French Books, L 1887; NUC records only 2 copies, at Harvard & Univ. Minnesota.]; Bonnivet, Le Marquis de. Lettre ... escrite au Roy. [s.l., n. pr.], 1615. Small 8vo., pp. 8, fore-edge of title-page lightly browned, thin wormtrail through lower half affecting print but not legibility. [Lindsay & Neu 3227; Not in BM. STC. F17th century French Books or NUC.]; Bouillon, Henri, duc de]. Lettre av President Iannin. [s.l., n. pr., n. d., 1615?]. Small 8vo., pp. 6, Roman letter, no title-page. [Lindsay & Neu 3229; BM. STC. 17th century French Books, H 361; NUC records 2 copies only, at Newberry & Univ. Minnesota.]; Ennvis des paysans champestres. [s.l., n. pr.], 1614. Small. 8vo., pp. [ii] 8, Roman letter, typographic ornament, centre leaf loose. [Lindsay & Neu 2982; BM. STC. 17th century French Books, M 597; NUC: 3 copies, at Newberry, Yale & Univ. Wisconsin.]; Harangve d'Alexandrre le Forgerson, La. [s.l., n. pr.], 1614. Small. 8vo., pp. 16, Roman letter, typographic initial and ornament, uniform light paper discolouration [Lindsay & Neu 2872; BM. STC. French 17th. Century Books, A 262-264; NUC: 3 copies, at Newberry & Univv. Minnesota & Wisconsin.]; Lettre du bon francios [sic] ... a Monsievr le Prince. [s.l., n. pr.], 1615, small 8vo., pp. 16, Roman letter, some leaves. loose, last word of one page just shaved. Lindsay & Neu 3453; BM. STC.17th century French Books, H 350. Not in NUC.]; Lettre ivstificative [s.l., , n. pr.], 1615, small 8vo., pp. 8, Roman letter, two fore edges untrimmed. [Lindsay & Neu 3457. Not in BM. STC. 17th century French Books; NUC lists only 2 copies, at Newberry & Univ. Wisconsin/Madison.]; Longueville, Henri I d'Orlans, duc de. Lettre ... av Roy. [s.l., n. pr.], 1615. Small 8vo., pp. 8, woodcut initial, 2 leaves loose. [Lindsay & Neu 3461. Not in BM. STC. 17th century French Books; NUC lists 4 locations: Newberry, Univv. Wisconsin/Madison & Minnesota, & Harvard.]; Mathault (pseud.). Libre Harangve faicte ... en la presence de Monsieur le Prince ... le seiziesme iour de Iuin 1614. [s.l., n. pr.], 1614. Small 8vo., pp. 16, Roman letter, light lamp oil stains at upper edges, some leaves loose. [Lindsay & Neu 3078; BM. STC. 17th century French Books, M 657; NUC records 4 copies: at Newberry & Univv. Wisconsin/Madison, Minnesota & Brit. Columbia. ]; Mayene, Henri de Lorraine, duc de. Lettre ... av Roy. Auec la response .. par sa Maiesté. Paris: Fed. Morel & P. Mettayer, 1617. Small 8vo., pp. 8 + 8, woodcut arms on t.itl-page, 3 woodcut initials and ornaments, light waterstain on upper edges. Duplicate of 'Lettre dv roy' as separate pamphlet. Unbound in modern paper wrapper. [Lindsay & Neu 3945; BM. STC. 17th century French Books, H 265; NUC records 2 copies, at Newberry & Univ. Wisconsin/Madison.]; Resveil de Miastre Gvillavme ... aux bruicts de ce temps, Le. [s.l., n. pr.], 1614. Small 8vo., pp. 33, mainly Roman letter, some waterstains at edges, mostly fairly light, uniform light paper discolouration, some leaves. loose. [Lindsay & Neu 3035; BM. STC. 17th century French Books C17th. G 933; 3 similar entries in NUC.]; Reveil, Le ... dv Soldat Francois av Roy. Paris: Jean Brunet, 1614. Small 8vo., pp. 8, woodcut printer's device on title.-page, woodcut initial, a few small wormholes near lower outer corners just touching 5 or 6 letters. [Lindsay & Neu 3145; Not in BM. STC. 17th. Century French Books; NUC records only 3 copies: at Newberry, Yale & Univ. Wisconsin/Madison.]; Sainct Paul, [Henri d'Orléans, Comte de.] Lettre à Mo
Kinglake, A.W. The invasion of Crimea. London: William Blackwood, 1863-1887, 8 volumes, contemporary half morocco gilt by Zahensdorf, t.e.g., some slight fading to backstrips, light foxing to endpapers and prelims; Gurwood, Lt. Col. Selections from the dispatches and general orders of Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington. London, 1842, 8vo, later green morocco gilt by Hayday, a.e.g., bookplate of James H. Princep; Naunton, Sir Robert The court of Queen Elizabeth. London, 1814, 8vo, with additions by James Caulfield, contemporary morocco gilt, elaborate gilt within a blindstamped border, a.e.g., rebacked, some foxing, bookplate (10) Provenance: Bookplate of Claude Goldsmid-Montefiore.
Raleigh, Sir Walter The historie of the world. London: H. Lownes, G. Lathum & R. Young, 1628, folio, 6 double-page maps, 2 double-page battle diagrams, engraved portrait on title and engraved title dated 1614, Minde of the front leaf before title (slight loss of blank corner), woodcut initials and ornaments, some early annotations and scoring, contemporary calf, raised bands, one map loose, occasional light damp-staining, corner of Oo2 torn away just affecting one or two letters, Nnn3 torn without loss, Sss3-4 supplied from another copy, head and base of spine and corners worn Provenance: Hastings Keyte, his booke Nov. 1734, inscription; Thomas Keyte (?1672-1702) and Thomas Holbeck, early inscriptions.

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