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A quantity of Harry Potter Books incl. a first edition.

A Handful of Leather by Will Ogilvie - tipped in colour plates by Lionel Edwards, in slightly torn jacket - First Edition

Over The Grass by Will Ogilvie - tipped in colour plates by Lionel Edwards - First Edition

Right Royal by John Masefield - tipped in colour plates by Cecil Aldin - first illustrated edition 1922

Collecting and Breeding Butterflies and Moths published F Warne and Co Ltd 1951 first edition - by B Worthington Stuart

IAN FLEMING - DR, NO, first edition, published by Jonathan Cape 1958, brown sillhouette on front board, unprice-clipped dustjacket

DAN BREEN - MY FIGHT FOR IRISH FREEDOM, first edition published by The Talbot Press Ltd

James Herbert, The Rats. First Edition with dust cover, published by New English Library, signed and with dedication. Good ++.

The original cover artwork for Stephen King`s Salem`s Lot (The Boy in the Bubble), together with a 1975 UK First Edition hardback of the novel and a 1977 paperback edition. 31.5cm x 29cm in gilt glazed frame.

"First edition French Escoffier cook book, 1903"

"Bram Stoker - The Mystery of the Sea, New York 1902, first edition, the olive covered boards with gilt & black title"

Major C S Jarvis; "Innocent Pursuits" first edition, published 1953, C G Holme; "Artist`s Country", 1932, Clare Leighton; "Country Matters" published 1937 and other books on the countryside, country houses etc.

A pair of Georgian walnut dining room urns Late 18th / early 19th century, each with a flambeau finial atop a removable domed cover over a spiral-fluted and gadrooned vasiform body lined with zinc, on a square plinth fitted with a tap, above a pedestal; the pedestal of the first with a single hinged door with three paneled FALSE drawer fronts opening to a zinc-lined cupboard fitted with two slatted wooden shelves, over a square base enclosing a sliding drawer fitted with a holder for a burner; the pedestal of the second with a drawer over a hinged door enclosing a cupboard above a further drawer incorporating the square base and opening to reveal a zinc-lined compartment divided into six wells; 2 pcs, each 61`` H x 17.5`` W x 17`` D, est: $2500/3500 Note: ``Pedestals and vases`` such as the present pair are a furniture type discussed in George Hepplewhite`s ``The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer`s Guide``, first published in London in 1788 The work illustrates six examples of the type. According to Hepplewhite they ``Are much used in spacious dining rooms, where the last-described kind of sideboards are chosen; at the end of which they are placed. One pedestal serves as a plate warmer, being provided with racks and a stand for a heater; and is lined with strong tin; the other pedestal is used as a pot cupboard. / The vases may be used to hold water for the use of the butler, or iced water for drinking, which is inclosed (sic) in an inner partition, the ice surrounding it; or may be used as knife-cases.`` (Third edition, 1794, p.7, plates 35 and 36). Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, La Jolla, CA. Condition: Overall good condition. General marks, scratches, wear, nicks and shrinkage cracks commensurate with age and use. Structurally sound. The rear panels later replacements. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL

A collection of six Gobel/hummel figurines to include a 1996 first edition trio collection titled "the tuneful trio"

A first edition Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens published 1846 Bradbury and Evans in original leather marble boards illustrations by Cruikshank.

(Généralités) - CHAMBERS, Ephraim.- Cyclopaedia : or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences [...].London, printed for J.F. and C. Rivington [etc.], 1783 [- 1786].3 (sur 5) vol. in-f°; front. and 150 plates (text n.c., joints of the upper fly lvs reinforced at 2 vol., marginal tear renewed at the front., foxing, some marginal dampstains, tears, some reinforced or with loss...).Contemporary binding : full calf, boards with gilt fillets and angular fleurons, ribbed spine with gilts fillets (joints, some parts of the spines, some turn ins, and small part of the upper board of the 2d vol. repaired, scratches, loss of leather at vol. I, stains, modern headbands, edges and corners dulled).Est. : 150/ 200 €Revised and enlarged edition "with the supplement and modern improvements incorporated in one alphabet" (cfr title) given by the nonconformist presbyterian minister Abraham Rees (1743-1825) who added a volume containing a very detailed index and the plates (some foldings). The "Cyclopaedia" (1st ed. : 1728) is the second English encyclopedie after John Harris` "Lexicon Technicum, or an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of 1704. Chambers (1680-1740) brought up to date Harry`s, adapted Moréri and Bayle and introduced "a novel device that has proved indispensable to every subsequent lexicographer and encyclopaedist, namely, cross-references" (cfr PMM). It has been reprinted several times during the 18th Century and is the landmark for Diderot "Encyclopédie", "the preamble of the first volume of Encyclopédie still refers to the "dictionnaires anglois de Chambers, d`Harris de Dyche, etc." as its main source" (cfr PMM).# Printing and the Mind of Man 171b and 200.Joint (together 2 works in 5 vol. in-f, full calf°) : RIBADINEIRA, P.; ROSWEYDE, H.- Generale Legende der Heylighen [...]. Antwerpen, J.B. Verdussen, 1686 (soiled, some plates lacking).¶ Édition revue et augmentée avec un vol. d`index très détaillé contenant 150 pl. (qqs dépl.) de la seconde encyclopédie en anglais par Chambers, à la base de l``Encyclopédie" de Diderot. Plein veau de l`ép. (rousseurs, déch., certaines renforcées ou avec manques, rel. part. restaurées, griffes, taches...). Ouvr. en néerlandais (2 vol.) de Ribadineira et Rosweyde traitant de la légende des saints joint (inc., défraîchi).

(Allemagne, Cérémonie) - COHAUSEN, Johann Heinrich.- Mausoleum gloriae politico-panegyricum XXV principalium virtutum columnis erectum, in quo principis pacis christiano-politici idea in gloriosae memoriae principe Friderico Christiano [...].Coesfeldiae [Coesfeld en Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie près de Münster], sumptibus authoris, apud Betholomaeum Haustatt, 1712.In-8° : [16]-136 pp. (+/- bruni).Rel. de l`époque : plein vélin, dos lisse (gardes bl. brunies).Est. : 120/ 150 €Édition originale de cet ouvrage reprenant, avec explication, les inscriptions des 25 colonnes érigées à la gloire du défunt évêque de Münster Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg (1688-1706). L`auteur (1665-1750) était médecin de l`évêque mais aussi écrivain satiriste. Ses écrits, influencés par Paracelse et Van Helmont, sont assez fantaisistes (recherche sur l`élixir de longue vie, sur la façon de transformer l`essence de la vie en sel, sur la phosphorescence...). ▲ Provenance : Ferdinand baron de Plettenberg (1690-1737) (mention ms.), ministre des Affaires étrangères du prince-évêque Clement I et favorable à la succession de Marie-Thérèse au trône. Il était le neveu du défunt évêque de Münster et le seul héritier de l`immense propriété de Nordkirchen qu`il continua à construire et à compléter jusqu`en 1734 (église, chapelle, orangerie, faisanderie, sacristie, hôpital, etc.).¶ First edition containing the inscriptions of 25 columns erected after the death of Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg, bishop of Münster. Handwritten mention of the baron Ferdinand of Plettenberg, foreign minister of Clement I, nephew of Friedrich and only heir of Nordkirchen. Full vellum.

(Espagne) - SALAZAR de MENDOZA, Pedro.- Monarquia de España [...].Madrid, por D. Joachin Ibarra, 1770 [- 1771].3 vol. in-4° : [4]-xxviii-411-[1], [4]-443, front.-xii-278 pp.; 5 plates (pp. 177/178 and 183/184 of vol. II missing, foxing, some pp. slightly yellowed, some light marginal dampstains in vol. I, larger and slightly stronger in vol. III).Modern binding : full fuchsia foliated buckram, flat spines (faded spines, slightly rubbed, edges and corners dulled).Est. : 150/ 200 €First edition posthumous of this history of Spain until the reign of Philip III (1578-1621) by the historian and first canon penitentiary of Toledo, Salazar de Mendoza (1549-1629). The last volume is entirely devoted to Philip III and is illustrated with his portrait in frontispice, a family tree of his parents and ancestors and 4 simple plates figuring coins at the end.# Brunet V-69.▲ Provenance : Girard frères, libraires (étiq.).¶ Édition originale posthume de cette histoire d`Espagne jusqu`au règne de Philippe III (vol. III) illustrée du portrait de ce dernier et de 5 pl. Pleine percaline fuchsia moderne (dos passés).

(Méditerranée, Palestine) - HORNE, Thomas Hartwell.- Landscape illustrations of the Bible consisting of views of the most remarkable places mentioned in the Old and New Testaments [...].London, John Murray, sold also by Charles Tilt, 1836.2 vol. in-4°; 2 engraved titles and 93 plates (clear foxing, some light marginal dampstains at the plates, some mistakes in plate numerotation without loss, small tear with lack at 1 tissue guard).Contemporary emblazoned binding : full green shagreen, decorated boards with fillets and volutes, gilt ribbed spines with gilt arms, gilt edges (turn ins, joints and bands slightly rubbed, 1 scratch on the upper board of vol. II, discharge of leather on the fly leaves, stamps and handwritten provenance on the inside of the boards and fly leaves, edges and corners slightly dulled).Est. : 150/ 200 €First edition illustrated with nice steel-engravings, protected by tissue guards, depicting views of towns (Jericho, Damascus, Tadmor in the desert, Bethleem, Nazareth...), mount or mountains (Mount Arafat, Mount Carmel...) and monuments (Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem, Philae, Forum in Rome, arched streets in Jerusalem...) by E. and W. Finden after A.W. Callcott, J.M.W. Turner, David Roberts, Captain Fitzmaurice, etc. With the descriptions by the English theologian and librarian, Horne (1780-1862).# Brunet III-337.▲ Provenance : the Middleton family (?) (gilt tool figuring a lion and the motto "Fortis in arduis" on the spines); "To Emily with her mother`s fond love. December 19th 1872" (handwritten ex-dono). ¶ Édition originale illustrée de gravures sur acier figurant des vues de villes, montagnes ou monuments bibliques. Plein chagrin vert armorié de l`ép. (pet. défauts, décharge de cuir sur les gardes).

BERNOULLI, Johann.- Opera omnia [...].Lausannae & Genevae, sumptibus Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum, 1742.4 vol. in-4° : [2]-xxiv-563, [2]-620, [2]-563, 3/588 pp.; 91 (sur 93) h.-t. (portrait de l`aut. et pl. XXI manquants, f. A manquant au vol. IV, qqs pp. lég. brunies, rouss., qqs déch. marg., déch. avec pet. manques p. 255 du vol. I, ).Rel. de l`époque : pleine basane, plats avec cadre intérieur de veau clair serti de roul. et fleurons d`angles à froid, dos à nerfs, tr. jaspées de rouge (éraflures, qqs taches ou mouill., pet. manques à certaines coiffes, coiffe inf. du vol. IV manquante, pet. manque de cuir au dos du vol. I, coupes et coins émoussés).Est. : 1.000/ 1.200 €Édition originale de la réunion des traités de Bernoulli (1667-1748), plusieurs écrits en français, en optique, physique, chimie, astronomie, algèbre, navigation et géométrie. Porte e.a sur : "Focus lentis per reflexionem", "Caternaria quando extensibilis", "Diamant luit frotté dans l`obscurité", "Planétes, leur pesanteur vers le Soleil", "Principia calculi exponentialium, sive percurrentium", "De la Courbure de la Voile", "Polygone infini-latéral", "Modus generalis construendi omens aequationes differentiales primi gradus", etc. Ouvrage illustré du portrait du dédicataire, Frédéric III de Prusse, de 90 (sur 91) planches dépliantes, de vignettes de titre identiques et de lettrines ornementées. Johann Bernoulli (1667-1748), frère de Jacques et père de Daniel et Nicolas, tous mathématiciens et physiciens suisses, découvrit l`équation de la chaînette en 1690 et développa le calcul exponentiel en 1691. Il forma Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), auteur de nombreuses découvertes en mathématiques (théorie des graphes not.) et devint membre la "Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledgeen" en 1712.# Honeyman 293; # Macclesfield 340; # Brunet I-803; # pas dans Horblit, Printing and the Mind of Man, En français dans le texte 1990.¶ First edition of the works of Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician and physician, in physics, chemistry, optics, geometry, algebra, astronomy and navigation. Illustrated with the portrait of Frederick III of Prussia and 90 (on 91) folding plates. Full contemporary sheepskin (author`s portrait and 1 plate lacking, lf. A in vol. IV lacking, some pp. slightly browned, scratches).

(Mathématiques, Statistiques) - MOIVRE, Abraham de.- The Doctrine of chances : or, A method of Calculating the Probabilities of Event in Play [...].London, printed for the Author, by H. Woodfall, 1738.In-4° : [4]-xiv-[2 blanks]-258-[1] pp. (portrait of the author lacking, discharge of color on the first and last lvs due to the the boards paper, some foxing, some lvs slightly browned, ex-libris torn out).Contemporary binding : half sheepskin, sprinkled calf boards, ribbed spine, red sprinkled edges (spine renewed and faded, some stains, slightly browned, edges and corners dulled).Est. : 900/ 1.200 €Second edition (1st ed. : 1718) much improved of the most important work or "A method of Calculating the Probabilities of Event in Play [...] (cfr title) of the French mathematician de Moivre. Entertaining way to explain probabilities, even of mortalities, using games or problems ("Bassette", "Pharaon", "Lotterie", "Bowling", "Tables useful to calculate the Values of Lives"...) and introducing the concept of normal distributions as approximations to binomial distributions. Preceded by an introduction in which he explains the concepts of probability, expectation, multiplication rule, etc. "with a very great variety of Cases, whereby the Precepts to be delivered afterwards will be more easily understood (cfr Table of contents). De Moivre (1667-1754), was a French Huguenot mathematician who, because of the persecutions in France, escaped in Great Britain where he became and worked with Newton, Halley and Leibniz. He was named member of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge in 1697. Copy decorated with ornemental (except one historiated) head pieces, initial letters and tail pieces.# Macclesfield 1422; # Honeyman 2240 (1st ed.); # not in Horblit.¶ Seconde édition très améliorée du plus important ouvr. du mathématicien français de Moivre expliquant les probabilités à travers des petits jeux ou problèmes. Demi-basane de l`époque (dos refait, décharges de coul. dues aux papier des contreplats sur les prem. et dernières pp.).

(Mathématiques) - FERMAT, Pierre de.- Varia opera mathematica [...].Tolosae [Toulouse], apud Joannem Pech, 1679.In-f° : [12]-210-[3] pp. ; 5 h.-t. (+/- bruni, déch. sur le titre restaurée, prem. pp. part. déreliées, pet. mouill. marg. au début, p. 120 blanche sans manque, qqs rouss., qqs piqûres, qqs déch. marg., qqs erreurs de signature).Rel. de l`époque : plein veau, filets à froid sur les plats, dos à nerfs sertis de filets dorés, tr. marbrées (dos entièrement refait en veau clair, coins et coupes fort émoussés, plats part. épidermés).Est. : 10.000/ 12.000 €Édition originale posthume des traités et des lettres (de/à : Père Marin Mersenne, Blaise Pascal, Gilles Personne de Roberval, Pierre de Carcavi...) écrites principalement en français, rassemblés par son fils Samuel à partir de ses mémoires et de sa correspondance. Fermat (1601-1665), magistrat et mathématicien, est à l`origine de nombreuses disciplines en mathématiques. Il découvrit le calcul différentiel, le calcul intégral, il introduisit de nouvelles méthodes (la descente infinie par ex.) en théorie des nombres, il fut le cofondateur, indépendamment et en concurrence avec Descartes de la géométrie analytique, il posa les bases du calcul des probabilités dans sa correspondance avec Pascal et fut le créateur du "Principe de Fermat" en optique géométrique. Ouvrage majeur et fondamental pour les mathématiques illustré de 5 planches dépliantes in fine et d`un bandeau armorié à la dédicace (Ferdinand von Fürstenberg, prince-évêque de Paderborn et de Münster).# Horblit 30 ("Fermat is considered the father of the modern theory of number, and herald of differential calculus and analytical geometry"); # En français dans le texte, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1990, 115; # pas dans Printing and the Mind of Man.¶ First postumhous edition of treaties and letters of Pierre de Fermat collected by his son Samuel. Major and fundamental work in mathematics, Fermat being the creator of integral calculus, differential calculus, introduced new methods in numbers theory and cofondator of analytic geometry. Illustrated with 5 folding plates. Full contemporary calf (more or less browned, some foxing, back renewed in light leather, edges and corners very dulled).

(Médecine) - DEVERGIE, Marie Nicolas.- Clinique de la maladie syphilitique. Enrichie d`observations [...]. Atlas composé de 126 planches représentant 140 symptômes, modelés et dessinés au lit des malades par Dupont aîné et MM. Delestre jeune et Verollot, et gravés en taille-douce par M. Th. Susemihl.Paris, F.-M. Maurice, 1833.In-f° : [8] pp.; 140 pl. (qqs rousseurs passim +/- prononcées).Rel. de l`époque : demi-cuir brun à grains longs à petits coins, plats de papier marbré serti d`un filet doré, dos lisse fleuronné doré en long (coupes, coins, mors, coiffes frottés et parfois à nu, charnières faibles part. fendu au plat sup.).Est. : 1.200/ 1.500 €Atlas seul (sans les 2 vol. de texte parus en 1826), complet des 126 lithographies rehaussées à l`aquarelle dont la plupart montrent en gros plans des organes sexuels atrocement mutilés par les chancres et les atteintes viscérales, nerveuses et dermatologiques qu`ils entraînent, toutes "dessinées au lit des malades" (âmes délicates s`abstenir !). Appelé d`abord "Mal italien" puis "Mal français", espagnol, anglais, etc., "Maladie de Cupidon" ou encore "Grosse vérole", ce n`est qu`au XIXe s. que la syphilis est reconnue cliniquement et bien définie dans ses symptômes, ceci entre autres grâce à Devergie (1784-1842), grand spécialiste de l`époque, qui la soigne au mercure (on gardera cet emploi jusqu`au 20e s. lorsqu`il sera remplacé par un dérivé de l`arsenic puis par les antibiotiques à partir de la 2e guerre mondiale).● Rare ouvrage qui manque à de nombreuses collections publiques ou privées.¶ Book of plates only (but complete) of this first edition of the first modern treatise on syphilis (the colored lithographies showing the desasters of this illness on the human body are quite impressive and might upset sensitive souls). Contemporary half leather.

(Médecine) - van HELMONT, Jan Baptist.- Les oeuvres traittant des principes de médecine et physique pour la guérison assurée des maladies [...].Lyon, Jean Antoine Huguetan & Guillaume Barbier, 1670.In-4° : [8]-396 pp. (pet. gal. ou trou de vers marg. au début, défauts marg. lors de la fabrication du papier à certaines pp., certaines pp. très lég. brunies, mentions d`app. mss datées 1670 et 1710).Rel. de l`époque : plein veau, dos fleuronné doré à nerfs, tr. jaspées (plats lég. frottés, pet. taches, mors sup. part. fendu, pet. manques de cuir à la coiffe inf. et à 1 coupe, coins émoussés, pet. manques de papier aux gardes).Est. : 100/ 120 €Édition originale de la traduction des oeuvres du célèbre médecin brabançon van Helmont (Bruxelles 1577-1644 Vilvorde) par le médecin français Jean Le Conte. Formé à Louvain, van Helmont voyagea à travers l`Europe, avant de s`installer à Vilvorde. Adoptant les principes de Paracelse qui prônent l`expérimentation, il découvre diverses sortes de gaz dont le carbonique et le principe de la digestion. Il influencera de nombreuses générations de savants (Descartes, Ettmüler, Stahl et Bergson...) mais son langage mystique et certaines de ses croyances proches de l`alchimie le feront poursuivre par l`Inquisition qui le condamnera à ne plus écrire.# Caillet III-11017; # Duveen 286 (éd. de 1671 qu`il signale comme la "first edition"); # Fergusson I-381; # Sondervorst, Hist. de la médecine belge, pp. 104-110; # Biogr. nat. VIII- 921; # pas dans Wellcome, Bibl. Walleriana, Garrison & Morton.

(Religion, Patrologie grecque) - Sanctus BASILIUS, Caesariensis.-  [...]. Ex libriis D. Basilii Archiepiscopi Caesareae Cappadociae, orationes de Moribus XXIIII [...].Parisiis, apug Guil. Morelium, in Graecis typograp. Regium (excudebat Guil. Morelius, in Graecis typographus Regius), 1556.2 vol. in-8° with continued pagination : [4]-1/220, 221/417-[1] pp. (some handwritten notes or underlinings, title-page of vol. I slightly browned, rare marginal foxing in vol. II otherwise very freshed copy).19th Century binding : threequarter sheepskin, brown marbled paper boards, flat spines with gilt fillets and roll-stamps, red sprinkled edges (joints partly split, upper joint of vol. I slightly stronger, some lacks of paper, edges and corners dulled, labels on the inside of upper boards).Est. : 300/ 400 €First edition entirely in Greek of the compilation of the moral principles of Basil the Great (329/330-379), Cappadocian Church Father and one of the Three Hierarchs (with Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom), given by the statesman and historian from Constantinople, Simeon the Metaphrast (10th Cent.). Very neat copy, entirely interfoliated with blank leaves, in a Royal Greek typesetting by the King`s printer Morel.# Adams B-349; # Machiels B-162; # Soltész B-144.¶ Édition originale en grec de la compilation des principes moraux de saint Basile, Père de l`Église cappadocien, donnée par l`historien Métaphraste. Demi-basane à petits coins du 19e s. (mors part. fendus, mors sup. du vol. I plus fortement).

(Religion, Patrologie grecque) - Sanctus BASILIUS, Caesariensis.- Omnia, quae extant, opera [...].Basileae, ex officina Frobeniana (apud Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium), 1540.4 parts with continued pagination in 1 vol. in-f° : [8]- 758-[2 blanks]¬-[22] pp. (Tt6 lacking, some dampstains, more often marginals, small marginal hole at p. 347, some pp. slightly browned).Contemporary binding : full calf on wooden boards, decorated boards with blind fillets and roll-stamps (characters and floral ornaments), gilt ribbed spine, title with pen on the fore-edge (clasps lacking, spine partly unstuck, turn ins and joints renewed, some scratches, some lacks of leather on upper board, label on the inside of upper board, edges dulled).Est. : 300/ 400 €First edition of the translation by the doctor Janus Cornario or Johann Hainpol (c. 1500-1558) of the complete works of Basil the Great (330-379), Cappadocian Church Father and one of the Three Hierarchs (with Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom). Followed by the "monodia" or panegerycus and Basil`s funeral oration by the Church Father, Gregory Nazianzus (329-390), translated in Latin by the Italian historian and theologian, Raffaello Maefi (1451-1522).ogian. Copy illustrated with ornemental initial letters and Froben`s mark on title-page.▲ Provenance : Val-Dieu abbey library (handwritten mention); "Reverendissimi" Peters (handwritten ex-dono).# Adams B-336; # not Machiels nor in Soltész.Bound with (2 works in 1 vol.) : LACTANTIUS.- Divinarum institutionum libri septem [...]. Coloniae, ex officina typographica Petri Quentel, mense Augusto anni post Christum natum 1544. [24]-303 pp. (some ink stains, some light marginal dampstains at the end). Major work of the Church Father (250-325) named the "Christian Ciceron" in which he explains to pagans that polytheism is indefensible and that the reason pushes to admit Christianism`s doctrine. With the commentaries of Erasmus on the book "De opificio Dei"; # Machiels L-9, # not in Adams.

(Religion, Patrologie grecque) - . Veterum quorundam brevium Theologorum, sive Episcoporum sive Presbyterorum [...].Basileae, (apud Henricum Petris, 1550).In-f° (text n.c., some lower margins in the beginning repaired whit small lacks, 1 marginal tear reinforced on title-page, slightly browned, foxing, stamp on title-page).18th Century binding : full calf, gilt ribbed spine, sprinkled edges (library stamp on the upper board, upper joint partly split, small lacks at the upper turn in, scratches on the boards, edges and corners dulled, stamp on the upper fly lf., label on the inside of the upper board).Est. : 300/ 400 €First edition, with some parts in Greek typsetting, of this collection of works extracts of bishops, priests and theologians among which : "S. Maximi de charitate centuriae IIII Graece & Latinè", "D. Gregorii Neocasariensis Episcopi in Ecclesiasten commentaria", "Olympiodori in Ecclesiasten Salomonis enarratio", "Philonis Juadaei antiquitatum biblicarum liber [...]", "Pantoleonis de Luminibus sanctis sermo Graecè & Latinè", etc. Copy illustrated with ornemental initial letters.# Adams M-1436; # Soltész M-659; # not in Machiels.¶ Édition originale, avec des passages en grec, de cette collection d`extraits d`oeuvres d`évêques, prêtres et théologiens. Plein veau du 18e s. (pet. défaut, éraflures sur les plats).

(Religion, Patrologie grecque) - ORIGENIS.- Operum [...].[Paris], in edibus Joannis Parui et Jodici Badii Ascensii (In aedibus Ascensianis, Idibus Octob. 1512).4 parts in 2 vol. in-f° : [32]-cxc, clvii, [6]-ccxxiiii, [2]-clxxv lvs (last blank lvs lacking, some lvs slightly browned, some marginal tears, one reinforced, some corners lacking, some marginal handwritten notes, some stains, marginal hole at lxii of vol. I, joint of title-page repaired, small wormholes in the beginning and marginal dampstains at the end of vol. II).Contemporary binding : full calf on wooden boards, blind decorated boards with fillets, fleurons and medaillons (with a cross and ladders), gilt ribbed spine (spines and joints repaired, fly leaves renewed, some scratches on the back boards, some fleurons or medaillons scratched, ties lacking).Est. : 600/ 800 €Second edition (1519-1520) of the translation of this very early postincunabula in accordance to the collation of this edition but with the colophon of the first edition (1512) in the fourth part. Contain all the works of Origenis : commentaries on the Bible (Genesis, Judges, Matthew, Leviticus...), the dogmatical works : "De principiis" (one of the first philosophical exposition of the catholicism), "Threni seu planctus" (on the lamentation), "Apologia Pamphili Martyris" (exhortation to the martydom), "Ruffinus de depravatione librorum, praecipue Origenis" (or "De adulteraione" on forgeries of writings during Origen`s lifetime) and the famous polemical work "Contra Celsum libri" (answer to Celius` attacks against the early Christianism contained in his "True Doctrine" of 178). Origen, from Alexandria (184/184-253/254), considered by Erasmus as the most important theologian, lead an ascetic life and and was a defensor of the apocatastasis or universal salvation. Gregorius Nazianzus, Eusebius of Caesarea (who published together an anthology of Origen`s works, "Origen`s Philocalia") and Gregorius Nyssenus resumed the same idea. Copy in a neat typography in 2 columns with dotted ornemental initial letters and 3 titles-pages (2 in red and black) with Badius Asciensius` mark (n° 1) within an engraved architectural frame with characters and Origen`s portrait in a medallion.# Renouard II-97/98; # Adams O-279 (1st ed.); # Machiels O-87 (id.); # Soltész O-132 (id.).¶ Seconde édition de ce post-incunable avec collation conforme à cette éd. mais avec le colophon de l`éd. orig. de 1512 à la 4e partie. Contient les oeuvres dogmatiques et polémiques d`Origène, considéré par Érasme comme le plus important théologien. Demi-veau à coins du 19e s. (lég. us., 2 derniers ff. blancs manquants, gardes renouvelées, éraflures).

(Religion, Patrologie latine) - CLEMENS I.- Opera [...].Parisiis, ex officina Carolae Guillard, 1544.In-f° (text n.c., title-page slightly browned).Modern binding : half brown shagreen, brown marbled paper boards, ribbed spine, sprinkled edges (spine, joints and turn ins slightly rubbed, small lack of leather at the upper turn in, 2 corners dulled).Est. : 250/ 300 €Rare first edition divided in 3 parts : (1) works of the fourth pope of Rome Clemens (+ 99) translated from the Greek to the Latin by Rufinus of Aquilea, (2) canonic prescriptions on the ecclesiastical charges of the higher and the lower clergy in 3 versions (one in greek and one in Latin by Gregor Haloander (1505-1531), German jursist), (3) letters from Clemens I, Innocent III, Anacletus, etc. and letters or canon laws from the Councils (Constantinople, Nicea, Ephesus, Chalced). Copy illustrated with larges ornemental dotted initial letters and printer`s mark on title-page.# Adams C-2114; # not in Machiels, Soltész, STC French.¶ Édition originale. Demi-chagrin brun moderne (lég. us.).

(Religion, Patrologie latine) - Sanctus ISIDORUS, Hispalensis; CAPELLA, Martianus Minneus Felix.- Isidori [...] Originum libri viginti ex antiquitate eruti. et Martianus Capellae De nuptijs Philologiae & Mercurij Libri novem [...].Basileae, per Petrum Pernam, [1577. IV. Calend. VIIbris].2 parts in 1 vol. in-f° : [3 pp.]-550 col.-[33 pp.], 240 col.-[3] pp. (light marginal dampstains throughout, foxing, some lvs slightly browned, marginal tear at col. 550).Modern binding : half sheepskin, blue marbled boards, ribbed spine (sheepskin very slightly rubbed, small loss of paper on the upper board).Est. : 300/ 400 €Very rare first edition of the reunion of these 2 scholarly works, the most famous of Isidorus and Capella, given by Bonaventura Vulcanius or Bonaventura De Smet from Bruges (1538-1614), translator and professor in Latin and Greek at Leiden University. (1) The "Originum libri viginti" or "Etymologiarum libri vinginti", divided in 424 chapters (grammar, men, family, zoology, cosmograpy, geography, languages, books, medicine, agriculture, music...), considered as the first Encyclopedy, tries to englobe the all ancient knowledge and to transmit the Classic culture. The chapter devoted to the family relationships is illustrated with 3 schemas (2 full-pages and 1 in texto). Isidorus (560/570-601/636), bishop of Sevilla, was canonised in 1522 and became Doctor of the Church in 1722. (2) "De nuptiis Philologiae & Mercurii" by the author from the 5th Cent. Capella is also a compendium of knowledges (dialectic -with a schema in texto of the "Square of dialectic"-, philology, rhetoric, astronomy...) through a mythological story of the mariage between Mercury and Philology. Copy illustrated with a large printer`s mark on title-page and ornemental initial letters.# Adams I-206; # Machiels I-87; # not in Soltész.¶ Édition originale de la réunion de 2 ouvr. d`érudition dont l``Originum" de Saint Isidore considéré comme la première encyclopédie. Demi-basane moderne (pet. défauts).

(Religion, Patrologie latine) - Sanctus ISIDORUS, Hispalensis.- De officiis ecclesiasticis libri duo [...].Lipsiae, (excudebat Michael Blum), 1534.In-4° : [47] lvs (label and stamp on title-page, dampstains, some foxing, rare handwritten notes).Late 19th or start 20th (?) Century English (?) binding : full black calf, decorated boards with blind fillets and roll-stamps, gilt ribbed spine (label on the upper board, joints partly and slightly split, ties lacking, corners dulled).Est. : 250/ 300 €First edition of this early postincunabula religious lexic refering to liturgies, clerical functions, songs, readings, etc. ("De canticis", "De sabbato Paschae", "De Exorcitiis","De Tonsura"...) given by Johann Cochläus (1479-1552), German theologian and one of the most ardent opponents to Martin Luther. Isidorus (560/570-601/636), bishop of Sevilla, was canonised in 1522 and became Doctor of the Church in 1722.# Soltész I-54; # not in Adams nor in Machiels.Bound with (together 2 works in 1 vol.) : INNOCENTIUS III.- Libri sex, de sacro Altaris mysterio [...]. Lipsiae, (in aedibus Nicolai Fabri), 1534, [8]-91 lvs (dampstains, some foxing or stains, rare handwritten notes, small holes with small losses of text at last lf. partly reinforced or doubled, some margins reinforced at the end). First edition, given by Johann Cochläus, of the description and exegis of the liturgy by the pope from 1198 to 216; # Adams I-126.¶ Édition originale donnée par J. Cochläus du lexique religieux de Saint Isidore, évêque de Séville et Docteur de l`Église. Relié avec le traité sur la liturgie du pape Innocent III. Plein veau noir du 19e s. (mouill., marges des derniers ff. renforcés, dernier f. part. doublé).

(Religion, Patrologie latine) - Sanctus JOANNES, Cassianus.- Monasticarum Institutionum libri IIII. De Capitalibus vitiis libri VIII. Collationes SS. Patrum XXIIII. De Verbi Incarnatione libri VII. [...].Antverpiae, ex officina Christophori Plantini (Excudebat Christophorus Plantinus), 1578.2 vol. in-8° : 606, 275-[43] pp. (last blank lvs lacking, small perforation in the text at p. 265 of vol. I, some pp. very slightly browned, some small marginal dampstains in the beginning of vol. I, handwritten provenance and stamp on title-page of vol. I). 19th Century binding : full sprinkled brown paper, flat spines, sprinkled edges (slightly rubbed, upper joint of vol. I partly split, spine of vol. I partly detached and unstuck, corners dulled, trimmed with some lacks in the marginalia, label stuck on the inside of upper board of vol. I).Est. : 200/ 250 €First Plantinian edition of the doctrinal works of the French monk Cassian (360/365-433/435), considered as a Saint by the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, given by the second bishop of Ruremonde Henri Cuyck (+ 1609). Contains : "De Institutis coenobiorum et de octo principalium vitiorum remediis" on the monastic life and obstacles a monk has to fight (angry, avidity, vanity...) to reach the perfection, "Collationes patrum in Scithico eremo commorantium" which consists of 24 conferences on Cassian memories of Egypt and dialogues with the Desert Fathers on the ascetical perfection (dealing with numerous subjects of spiritual life) and "De incarnatione Christi, contra Nestorium", defense of the orthodoxe doctrine against the opinions of the patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius on the two natures of Jesus Christ (God and Human). Cassian advised the regional synod of Rome which condamned Nestorius` position before the Council of Ephesus. After these works, Cuyck gives in the "Catalogus manuscriptorum" or "Castigatoriae notae", other text versions which are followed by his commentaries.# Voet II-927; # Adams C-861; # Soltész C-423; # Machiels C-162; # STC Dutch 108.¶ Édition originale plantinienne des oeuvres du moine français Cassien données par Henri Cuyck, second évêque de Ruremonde (avec ses commentaires à la suite). Plein papier moucheté du 19e s. (pet. défauts, dos du vol. I part. décollé et détaché, mors sup. du vol. I part. fendu).

(Religion, Patrologie latine) - LEO I.- Opera quae quidem extant, omnia [...].Coloniae, ex officina Melchioris Novesiani, 1546. Mense Septembri.In-f° (text n.c., dampstains throughout).18th Century binding : full calf, ribbed spine (upper joint partly split, scratches, some small wormholes, lack of leather at the back board, corners renewed).Est. : 200/ 300 €Very rare first edition of the sermons, homilies and letters by Pope Leo I (5th Cent.). This Roman aristocrat was the 1st pope who was given the epithet "the Great" and besides Gregorius I (540-604), the most important pope of Christian Antiquity. He was a leading figure in the centralisation of the organisation of the Roman Catholic Church. It is reflected in this selected works, for example in the letters to Eutyches and Flavian : "Eutyches appealed to the pope after he had been excommunicated by Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople. The pope, after investigating the disputed question, sent his sublime dogmatic letter to Flavian, concisely setting forth and confirming the doctrine of Petrine supremacy i.e. the apostolic authority of the Pope as Bishop of Rome over the entire Christian world" (cfr Catholic Encyclopedia). Copy in nice typography illustrated with several initial letters, some larges and historiated, and printer`s mark on title-page# not in Adams, Machiels, Soltész.▲ Provenance : Henri Gosse (handwritten mentions); D. Jacob Derviller (id.); Minor Brothers Recollects of Valentiennes (id.); brother David, from the Recollects in Valenciennes, 1670 (id.); library of the Redemptorists (ex-libris and stamp).¶ Très rare édition originale des sermons, homélies et lettres du pape Léon I. Plein veau du 18e s. (éraflures, mouill. passim, coins restaurés).

(Religion) - [Sanctus BEDA, Venerabilis.- Opera [...].Basileae, per Joannem Hervagium, 1563.8 parts in 4 vol. in-f° (text n.c., some lvs slightly browned, some marginal light dampstains, small foxing, some marginal holes, handwritten notes in vol. I, small wormholes at the end of vol. II).19th Century binding : half sheepskin, decorated calf boards with blind fillets and fleurons, gilt ribbed spine, red edges, title with pen on the fore-edge (rubbed, spine renewed and original boards stuck on the covers, edges and corners dulled).Est. : 800/ 1.000 €First edition of this very interesting collection of works as Beda (672/673-735),English monk, author and Doctor of the Church treated many subjets in many aeras : grammar, spelling, arithmetics, astrology, astronomy, music, natural history, martyrology, intrepetations of biblical Hebrew and Greek names, commentaries (on Leviticus, Deuteronomy, parabale of Solomon, Book of Numbers, Gospels, Epistles of Saint Paul...), sins remedy, etc. The arithmetics, astrology and astronomy treaties (parts I and II) contain tables (of Pythagorus and multiplication), calendars (with feast days and martrys, lunar cycle, ephemeris -2 with caracters in red and black...) and lists (Roman emperors, pontiffs since Eusebius...), etc. Our copy is also illustrated with decorated or historiated initials letters, several diagrams (sphere, planets position, sundial, eclipses, planetes alignment, constellations...), scores, allegorical representations (planetes, astrological signs and months) and a vignette figuring Noah`s arc. Title within a nice architectural frame with Beda, Janus in a medallion, Sybilla writing on the arc "P.P.P.P.E.S.S.S.E...", Mercurius with 3 heads in a medallion in front of a Roman (?) landscape, the Roman she-wolf, and the personified Tiber (?).# Adams B-447; # not in Soltész nor in Machiels.▲ Provenance : Francesco Bohoyd (handwritten mention).Joint, same author and condition (2 works in 5 vol. in-f°) : [Tomus Tertius Collectaneorum in Epistolas D. Pauli Apostoli [...]. Paris, Jodoco Badio & Joanni Roigny (in chalcographia Jodoci Badii Ascensii, impensis communibus ispius & Joannis Roigny, calend.Aprilis.Anno, 1534)] (title-page and 1st lf. missing). Second edition (1st ed. : 1522); # Renouard II-152.¶ Édition originale des traités de Bède le Vénérable sur des sujets très variés (grammaire, orthographe, histoire nat., astronomie, astrologie, interprétation des noms hébreux et grecs de la Bible, commentaires...). Les 2 prem. t. sont illustrés de nombreux in texto dont des tables, des calendriers ou des diagrammes. Demi-basane du 19e s. (pet. défauts, lég. us., rel. frottées, dos refait et plats de la rel. originelle cons.). Vol. III des commentaires de Bède le Vénérable joint.

(Religion) - DIONYSIUS, Carthusianus.- Epistolarum ac Evangelio Reverendissime [sic] Dominiscalium totius anni Enarratio [...].Coloniae, P. Quentell suis impensis excudebat, 1533 (mense Februario [- Martio]).2 vol. in-f° : [6]-ccclxxxiiii, [8]-ccclxxxii lvs (marginal dampstains passim, corners lacking in the beginning of vol. I, some marginal tears with lacks or tears in the text without lacks, marginal wormholes in vol. I, margins trimmed at some lvs in the beginning of vol. II).Contemporary binding : full calf on wooden boards, gilt ribbed spine (us., rubbed, scratches, upper part of the spine of vol. I and turn in of vol. II repaired, edges and corners dulled, dampstains, tears and traces of burn on the upper fly lvs of vol. I, upper fly lf. of vol. II doubled, labels on the inside of the boards).Est. : 500/ 600 €Rare first edition of this collection of commentaries, sermons and homilies by Dionysius the Cartusian (1402-1471), famous Belgian theologian from Limmburg and mystic. Neat typography with some ornemental initial letters, dedicatories` arms and illustrated by 3 woodcuts by Anton Woensam (1492/1500-1541), famous German painter and engraver on wood, figuring Dionysius giving his book to the child Jesus on her mother`s knees with the legend "Bonorum operum glori osus est fructus", the Christ`s crucifixion and Dionysius whith his nickname "Doctor extaticus" and "Benedictus deus in seguia" bringing down the Devil at the end of vol. II. The titles are within an engraved frame also by Woensam figuring the Evangelists and the four Church Fathers on the sides, the celestial reign with the Trinity above and earthly reign below.# Adams D-604; # not in Machiels nor in Soltész.▲ Provenance : library of Stavelot monastery (id.).¶ Édition originale de la réunion de commentaires, sermons et homélies de Denis le Chartreux, célèbre théologien et mystique belge. Illustré de 5 in texto dont 3 par Anton Woensam. Plein veau sur ais de bois (pet. défauts, rel. us.).

(Religion) - DIONYSIUS, Carthusianus.- [...] Super omnes S. Dionysii Areopagitae libros commentaria [...].Coloniae, impensis Petris Quentel, 1536.2 parts in 1 vol. in-f° : [12]-420, 59-[1] lvs (some small marginal dampstains in the beginning, larger and slightly stronger at the end, marginal tear with loss at cccxxxi, some errors in the signature of NNN corrected by hand, tear in the text without loss at ccccvi).Contemporary binding : full calf on wooden boards, blind decorated boards with fillets and fleurons, ribbed spine, title with pen on the fore-edge (brass clasps partly lacking, lower corner of upper board lacking, some lacks of leather, upper board partly split, faded spine, label on the inside of upper board, handwritten provenances on the upper fly lf.).Est. : 400/ 500 €Very rare first edition of the commentaries on the 4 works of the Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ("Divine names", "Mystical theology", "Celestial Hierarchy", "Ecclesiastical hierarchy") and letters by Denis the Cartusian or the "Doctor extaticus", also known as van Rijckel or van Leeuwen (1402-1471), famous theologian and mystic from Limburg (Belgium). Followed by letters from Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp of Smyrna and saint Anthony. The second part of the volume consists of different versions of the works of the Pseudo-Dionysius (by John Scottus Eriugenia, John Sarracenus, Ambrosius the Camaldules and Godefroy Tilman) and at the end the "Apologia ostenden beatum dionysium", the Pseudo-Dionysius` life by Battista Spagnoli and finally the "Martyrium" translated from the Greek into Latin. The Pseudo-Dionysius whom the identity is not clear and sure, is probably a Syrian monk who lived around 500 and is one of the important sources for the Christian spirituality. He was also identified as Saint Denis of Paris, 1st bishop of the town tortured in 300, or as Denis the Athenian like in the Acts of the Apostles. Neat typography with illustrations by Anton Woensam (1492/1500-1541), famous German painter and engraver on wood : title within an engraved frame figuring the Evangelists and the four Church Fathers on the sides, the celestial reign with the Trinity above and earthly reign below, larges historiated or ornemental initial letters and a woodcut (also by Woensam (?)) figuring the arms of the dedicatory Érard de la Marck, prince-bishop of Liège.# Adams D-620; # not in Machiels nor in Soltész.▲ Provenance : Johann Reinhard Mahler, doctor in canon and civil law in Hamburg (handwritten mention); Lambrechts (id.).¶ Édition originale des commentaires de Denis le Chartreux sur les 4 ouvr. du Pseudo-Denis l`Aréopagite (autres versions des ceux-ci dans la 2de partie). Suivis de lettres d`Ignace d`Antioche, Polycarpe de Smyrne et saint Antoine. Avec des ill. d`Anton Woensam. Plein veau sur ais de bois de l`ép. (pet. défauts, dos passé, qqs manques de cuir, mors sup. part. fendu).

(Religion) - Sanctus PROSPER, Aquitanius Tiro.- Opera [...].Lovanii, ex officina Typographica Joannis Bogardii, 1566.In-4° : [1]-3-326-[15] lvs (some handwritten notes or underlinings, some foxing, some lvs slightly browned, marginal tear with loss at lf. 309).Moder binding : threequarter brown shagreen, bordeaux marbled paper boards, ribbed spine, red sprinkled edges, title with pen on the fore-edge.Est. : 250/ 300 €Fourth edition (1st ed. : Lyon, 1539), given by Jean Soteaux, Prosper (c. 390-c. 455), French Christian writer, was the first continuator of Jerome`s Universal Chronicle and even if he was a layman he threw himself with ardour into the religion controversies defending Augustine`s doctrine. As he was a disciple of the Church Father (354-430), the majority of his works relay his thoughts : his main operum "Contra Cassiani [...], de gratia Dei & libero arbitrio" on the necessity of Grace (God wishes all men to be saved) is a reply to the "Collationes patrum in Scithico eremo commorantium" of the French monk Cassian (360/365-433/435),- letters to saint Augustine on the same subject,- maxims ("Sententiarum ex operibus D. Augustini [...]") and epigrams ("Ex ijsdem sententijs Epigrammaton [...]") to be a guide for Christians, etc.# Adams P-2171; # not in Machiels, Soltész, BB.▲ Pristine provenance : Aubertus Miraeus or Aubert le Mire (1573-1640), scholar historian and fervent defensor of Catholic Faith (handwritten mention with handwritten notes by him at the table of contents (?)).Joint (together 2 works edited in Leuven by Bogard) : Sanctus Hieronymus.- Epistolae selectae [...]. 1596, in-12° full contemporary vellum with small flaps (slightly browned, some marginal dampstains in the beginning, binding us.).¶ Quatrième édition des ouvr. du disciple de saint Augustin relayant et défendant la pensée de ce Père de l`Église. Demi-chagrin brun à coins moderne (qqs claires mouill. marg., rel. lég. frottée, int. frais). Un ouvr. de saint Jérôme joint.

(Science) - AGRICOLA, Georgius.- De re metallica libri XII [...].Basileae, (apud Hieron. Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, mense Martio.) 1556.In-f° : [10]-[2 blanks]-538 [i.e. 502]-[74] pp.; 2 plates (marginal wormholes, some with small lacks of text, handwritten provenance crossed off title-page, some marginal dampstains, tear reinforced p. 453, some errors in pagination).18th Century binding : full calf, decorated boards with blind fillets, roll-stamps and fleurons, gilt ribbed spine, blue edges (slightly rubbed, light dampstains in the center of upper board, spine partly detached, small lacks of leather at the upper turn in, joints and back board, 1 wormhole on the spine, rest of label stuck on the spine).Est. : 10.000/ 12.000 €First edition posthumous of this famous work by Agricola (1494-1595), German physician of the mining centre of Joachimsthal in Bohemia, on the mining, refining and smelting metals, alchimy prerogatives until then. "De Re Metallica embraces everything connected with the mining industry and metalurgical processes, including administration, prospecting, the duties of officials and compagnies, the manufacture of glass, sulphur and alum" (cfr PMM). Illustrated with more than 280 woodcuts in the text attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525-1572), some very larges, figuring the different stages of the extraction and transformation of metals. Followed by "De animantibus subterraneis", published in 1549. Copy in a fresh condition and in a neat typography with larges ornemental initials and mark of Froben on title-page and on the back of last leaf.# Adams A-349; # Soltész A-80; # Printing and the Mind of Man n° 79; # van Lennep, Alchimie, Bruxelles, 1984, p. 21; # not in Machiels.¶ Édition originale posthume de ce célèbre ouvrage du physicien allemand Agricola sur les mines, le raffinage et la fusion des métaux (aspects étudiés jusque là par l`alchimie) illustré de plus de 280 bois in texto. Plein veau de l`ép. (trous ou gal. de vers marg., rel. lég. frottée, qqs pet. manques de cuir).

(Patrologie grecque) - ORIGENIS.- Contra Celsum libri VIII [...].Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsbourg], s.n., 1605.In-4° : [8]¬-441-[1]-25 pp. (some light marginal dampstains, some larger, some stamps, some marginal foxing otherwise fresh copy).Contemporary binding : full vellum with small flaps and visible sewing, title with pen on flat spine (some wormholes in the upper board, ties lacking, some light stains at the lower board, handwritten notes and tear in the upper fly lf., stamp stuck on the inside of upper board).Est. : 250/ 300 €First edition given in Greek with his commentaries by David Hoeschel (1556-1617), German librarian, editor and scholar. Famous answer to Celsius` attacks against the early Christianim contained in his "True Doctrine" (178). Preceded by the biography of the author extracted from the Souda and followed by his "panegyricus" written by his student in Caesarea, Gregory Thaumaturgus (214-270), bishop of Neocaesarea and interpreted by the German poet Lorenz Rhodomann (1546-1606) with notes of Hoeschel and Casaubon. Origen, from Alexandria (184/184-253/254), considered by Erasmus as the most important theologian, lead an ascetic life and and was a defensor of the apocatastasis or universal salvation.# Brunet IV-229.▲ Provenance : library of Munich (handwritten mention).¶ Édition originale du fameux ouvrage du théologien d`Alexandrie, Origène, donné en grec par David Hoeschel. Plein vélin de l`ép. (qqs claires mouill., pet. défauts sinon frais).

(Flandres) - [ASSIGNY, Marius d`].- The History of the Earls and Earldom of Flanders, from the first establishment of that Sovereignty to the Death of the late King Charles II. of Spain.London, printed for D. Brown, S. Crouch, J. Taylor, and A. Bell, 1701.In-8° : [18]-306-[14] pp.; 1 plate.Contemporary English binding : full calf, decorated boards with blind rectangular patterns and blind angular fleurons, ribbed spine, red sprinkled edges with title with pen (joints split, rectangular designs at the top and the bottom renewed with joints partly reinforced, endpapers renewed).Est. : 200/ 250 €Rare first edition of this translation of the French "Histoire des Comtes de Flandre [...]" (1698) about the history of the Southern Provinces up to the Treaty of Ryswyck in 1697. Containing a list of the names of the English field-officers and colonels who had participated at the storming of Namur and in the campaigns of Steenkerk and Landen. Large, very detailed, engraved folding map of Flanders by Herman Moll, published by C. Browne and dated 1700.# not in Brunet, Graesse, BB.¶ Édition originale de la traduction de l`histoire de la Flandre jusqu`au Traité de Ryswyck en 1697 par d`Assigny (c. 1643-1717). Avec une grande carte dépl. Plein veau de l`ép. (mors fendus, prem. et dernier caissons restaurés avec mors part. renforcés, gardes renouvelées).¶ Zeldzame Eerste uitgave van de Engelse vertaling van de "Histoire des Comtes de Flandre [...]" uit 1698 betreffende de geschiedenis van de Zuidelijke Provincieën tot het Verdrag van Rijswijk in 1697. Met namenlijst van de Engelse officieren die deelnamen aan de bestorming van Namen en de veldslagen van Steenkerk en Landen. Met grote uitvouwbare kaart door H. Moll. Eigentijdse Engelse kalfslederen band (scharnieren gebroken, schutbladen vernieuwd).

APPROXIMATELY 49 DONALD McGILL COMIC COLOUR POSTCARDS together with RELATED FIRST EDITION BOOK WITH DUST JACKET `Wish you were here - the art of Donald McGill` 1966 (50)

ALBURY FAMILY OF MANCHESTER and NASSAU, BAHAMAS. SMALL FAMILY ARCHIVE. Incl; ALBURY, WILLIAM J. [1836 ? - 1878] Poetic Waifs. An Album of Original Manuscript Poetry, Prose, Jotting`s and Newspaper cuttings. 8vo. In size, bound in morocco. WITH by the same author The prophet of Nineauh, or the Widow`s Son ------. Manchester: Isaac W. Petty -------. 1865. First edition. 4to. Pp.. 40. Orig cloth soiled. 2 copies. William J. Albury was a doctor and surgeon at Wigan Dispensary. 1859. The Archive also includes photo albums, family bibles, letters, loose photographs and much ephemera

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF POSTMASTERS RING BINDER CONTAINING 36 PROOF SILVER MEDALLIC COMMEMORATIVE COVERS CIRCA 1976-1978 the 36 first day covers with limited edition proof sterling silver medallion sealed in to the card insert, each to weigh approximately .72oz (26 ozs total), to include Australia`s 75th Anniversary of Nationhood, 75th Anniversary Cayman Islands first postage stamps, North America Bicentennial of Independence, National Eisteddfod of Wales, etc etc

The Story Of A Puppet Or The Adventures Of Pinocchio By C. Collodi, Translated From the Italian By M. A. Murray, Illustrated By C. Mazzanti, London T. Fisher Unwin 1892, First Edition, the title page in red and black lettering, 16.5cm high

JOHN SMART First Hole Out Limited edition print, 79/150, 47cm x 75cm.

Henry Moore - a hard backed first edition by Lonel Jianov, Arted editions d'Art, paris 1968 with hardboard cover

Rupert annual 1942, first edition, ownership box completed very neatly, neat inscription front blank, crease lower right corner front cover (1)

Rupert annuals 1943, first edition with facsimile cover and colouring pages crayoned; 1944 first edition with facsimile first leaf (pages 1 and 2); 1945 first edition ownership box not completed, but small neat inscription below (3)

MAGNUSSON E and William MORRIS, translated from Icelandic, Volsunga Saga: The Story of Volsunga & Niblungs with certain songs from Elder Edda, London F.S. Ellis, first edition 8vo, 4pp publishers ads. green cloth with elaborate gilt floral design, edition was limited to 750 (1)

OO gauge, Wrenn W3006/7 Pullman 2-car EMU brown/cream (white tables variant). VG, unboxed. Together with Wrenn Railways First Edition catalogue.

A collection of 9 Harry Potter First Edition books to include Order Of The Phoenix, Deathly Hallows, Half Blood Prince Goblet Of Fire. 2 not being 1st editions.

A collection of fantasy first edition novels to include a signed Terry Pratchett, Eoin Colfer etc

A large quantity of first edition books, some signed to include PD James, Arthur Negus, Ian McEwan and some earlier etc

CHRISTOPHER FINCH "The Art of Walt Disney, from Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms", white cloth boards with applied Mickey Mouse, one volume "The Pirelli Calendar Album". one volume "The Complete Pirelli Calendar Book", one volume "In Vogue (Six Decades of Fashion)" edited by Georgina Howell, one volume TERENCE CONRAN "The Essential House Book", one volume "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, The Deluxe Collectors Edition", one volume "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, featuring The Red Moon Mystery & Marooned on Mercury, The 2nd Deluxe Collectors Edition", SUSAN BENJAMIN "The First 25 Years of Halcyon Days Enamels", and assorted 20th century hardback books

One volume Compton McKenzie "Greek Memories", banned on publication for revealing secrets, most copies were destroyed. A revised and edited edition was released in 1939. This being an original First Edition signed by the author.

Three copies of a first edition Tolkein

"Chinese Jade Through the Ages" by Charles Stanley Knott(published Batsford, London, 1936) first edition, illustrated with over 140 plates. Not the original dustjacket.

Elvis Presley 1977 framed concert ticket, first edition monthly, other related ephemera

Two Swedish clear glass paperweights by Mats Jonasson, the first decorated with a lion cub, the second an owl, a similar Wedgwood example decorated with a stag, six other clear glass sculptures or paperweights decorated with animals and birds, a glass model of a bird and two Caithness limited edition glass paperweights, comprising `Autumn` and `Winter`.

3 limited edition modochrome prints of WWII RAF Victoria Cross winners, together with their squadron badges, each signed in pencil by the subject and dedicated “To Larry with thanks”, comprising W/O Norman Jackson, Fl./Lt Bill Reid, and F/O John Cruickshank, each 16” x 24”, in glazed frames. The first GC (minor staining), the other 2 with some damage and foxing.(3)