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Lot 243
Gerson (Johannes). Opera: Inventarium eorum que in operibus Gersonis continentur, & Prima pars operum Johannis Gerson, 2 parts bound in one, [Nüremberg: Georg Stuchs], 1489, gothic letter, capitals supplied in red and blue (some with flourishes), full-page woodcut to verso of each title (attributed to Albrecht Dürer) of the author represented as a pilgrim in a landscape, large painted initial I on A2 in blue with white penwork on liquid gold ground, with green and red borders and blue and red flourishes with yellow penwork, leather tab on second title, lightly dust-soiled, small worm trail in blank inner margin of two quires, small water stain at blank inner and upper margin of first few leaves, contemporary South German brown deerskin over thick wooden boards, covers triple blind ruled to a panel design, upper cover with outer panel of repeated floral blind tools with author's name and title stamped at head, central panel filled with curved branches and floral tools, lower cover with floral tools to outer panel, central panel with four diagonal compartments each with a blind-stamped ‘pierced heart’ tool, floral tools blind-stamped in compartments, brass catches stamped with initials IGU and a hound, lacking clasps and central bosses, head and tail of spine worn and showing, with loss at head and foot, extremities worn, thick 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Not in BMC; GW10716; Goff G188; Polain (B) 1592; ISTC ig00188000;Jean Gerson (1363-1429), chancellor of the University of Paris, was one of the most influential theologians of the fifteenth century. He worked to resolve the Great Schism (between the popes of Rome and Avignon) and played an important role at the Council of Constance, where he influenced the decisions concerning the fate of the Hussites. His extensive writings on ecclesiology, reform, pastoral care and mysticism were popular during the later Middle Ages and were frequently printed during the second half of the fifteenth century, both as individual treatises and in collected editions.Two volumes bound in one, being the first book of the fourth edition of Jean Gerson’s works, edited by Peter Schott and Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, bound with the (often missing) index to the complete works. This first volume contains some of Gerson's most important work including De unitate Ecclesiae, and Tractatus de potestate ecclesiastica et origine juris et legum, a treatise on ecclesiastical power and on the origin of right and laws. The volume also includes most of his works concerning magic, astrology and visions such as the important and hugely influential treatises Trilogium Astrologie theologistate, De libris astrologicis non tolerandis, De Probatione Spirituum, De distinctione verarum visionum a falsis, and De erroribus circa artem magicam as well as his essay against the sect of the Flagellants. In 1398 the theological faculty of the University of Paris had issued a decree condemning, in 28 articles, magical arts and sorcery, following which Gerson produced these several brief works criticizing various forms of superstition and magic. To the first of these, De erroribus circa artem magicam of 1402 (half of which is devoted to questions of demonic existence and power), he appended the list of the 1398 condemnations which he himself had helped to orchestrate, and also included the complete text of the confession of Jean de Bar, who was accused of necromancy, and condemned to death. Gerson's treatise De Distinctione Verarum Visionum a Falsis, dealt with ‘discretione spirituum’ (the discernment of spirits) and sought to lay out methods for determining whether a mystical vision was true or false, or in other words inspired by God or the Devil. At the Council of Constance, in 1415, he was called on to help decide whether or not Bridget of Sweden’s visions were authentic. He felt they were not and wrote another treatise, De Probatione Spirituum, which set out principles and procedures for distinguishing good spirits from evil ones. He was also consulted by Charles VII on Jeanne d’Arc's visions.The South German binding is very similar in its design to one in Henry Davis Gift, volume II, page 325.
Lot 14
Cook (James). A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. In which is included Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777, engraved portrait frontispiece, 63 engraved maps and plates (some folding), a few folding plates strengthened at folds, a few plates closely trimmed at foot touching publisher's imprint, closed tear to one folding map affecting image, a few leaves loose (including volume 2 title), lightly dust-soiled, some marginal old damp-staining, contemporary mottled tree calf, gilt decorated spines with bird and foliate tools, contrasting morocco spine labels, joints cracked with upper joints repaired, lower cover of volume 2 detached, some wear, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Sabin 16245; Hill p.61.A first edition of the official account of Cook's second voyage, in which he was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle and definitively prove that there was no 'Terra Australis'.
Lot 600
TWO SETS OF BRASS MOUNTED STEEL FIRE TOOLS AND A BRASS DEMI-LUNE STICK STAND (11)Late 19th and Early 20th Century The shovels both tulip shaped with pierced foliage decoration, one set with writhen shafts and foliate cast grips, 78.5cm long; the second set with writhen grips and ball finials, 72.5cm long; the stick stand, 38cm wide; 64cm high; Together with two pair of brass andirons
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