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[Bacon] Francis, the Right Honourable Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban
1) The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh#11;2) Sylva Sylvarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries#11;3) New Atlantis. A Worke Unfinished.#11;3 works bound in one
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London: 1) R. T., R.H., R. Meighen#11;2) and 3) J.H. for William Lee, 1)1641#11;2)1626#11;3) no date (ca. 1626). 4to. (12) 248 pp. (7) 266pp. (11) (2) 47pp. (6). Rebacked contemporary leather with blind embossed ornaments, title plate and five raised bands to spine. Some scuffing, rubbing and staining to boards. Corners bumped. Some pen and pencil marks to front endpaper. #11;Some browning, very minor water marks and sporadic foxing to pages. Engraved title pages. In English. In very good condition.#11;#11;1) Missing John Payne's frontispiece portrait of Bacon. (Gibson 170)#11;2) Missing engraved title page (ibid.)#11;#11;1) Is not a first edition: The title page dates 1641 (first edition: 1626), and the spelling of "reigne" differs from the true firs edition ("raigne")#11;#11;2) Is a true first edition (first edition, first issue):#11;Title page dated 1626 (very scarce): Bacon!s collection of observations and experiments in natural history, titled "Sylva Sylvarum" was published by Dr. Rawley, Bacon's chaplain and friend, in 1627, the year after Bacon!s death. The preface, however, was written by Rawley during Bacon's lifetime and the first issue has a letterpress title dated 1626 (STC 1169. Gibson 171.)#11;#11;#11;On the books:#11;#11;1) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. The only historical work written by Bacon. Possibly part of a planned history of England he never lived to complete. A couple of passages refer to Columbus and his contemporaries. #11;#11;2) "Sylva Sylvarum" is a collection of Bacon"s scientific experiments and observations in natural history, which were intended for inclusion in his "Instauratio Magna." The work was edited and published posthumously by his friend William Rawley. #11;#11;3) The appended "New Atlantis" is one of Bacon"s most popular works and has served as inspiration for many scientific organizations. "It ranks among the best known and most pleasant of the Utopian writings." (Bernal 305)#11;#11;#11;On the author (from the Encyclopedia Britannica, (11th ed., 1911) Vol. V03, Page 144):#11;Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, KC (22 January 1561 ! 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist but is best known for leading the scientific revolution with his new 'observation and experimentation' theory which is the way science has been conducted ever since. He was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; both peerage titles became extinct upon his death.#11;He began his professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. His works establish and popularize an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were connected with the occult trends of hermeticism and alchemy. Since the 19th century, there have been occasional claims that Bacon was the author of the works attributed to Shakespeare.#11;#11;
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Prynne, William
Mount-Orgueil: or divine and profitable mediations
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Prynne, William. Mount-Orgueil: or divine and profitable mediations, raised from the contemplationof these last three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By William Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of the soules complaint against the body. London: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, 1641. (14), 56, 59-184 pp. + an engraved frontispiece portrait. Sm. 4to, recent tan cloth, brown morocco spine. First edition. One of the militant Puritan's most unusual books, entirely in verse, describing his imprisonment on the Isle of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; William Prynne published an enormous number of books and pamphlets, but this is his only sustained work of poetry. This copy does not contain a 16-page supplement called "Comfortable Cordialls," which had its own title-page and pagination. Bookplate of the Birmingham Law Society, with a number of ownership stamps, otherwise a good clean copy of a very scarce title. Wing P4013.
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Vecchi, Paulo [De]
Observationum Omnigenae Eruditionis In Divinam Scripturam carptim Universam, Libri Duo. Primus Continens Observationes physiogomicas, sive locos S. Scripturae, qui ponderantur iuxta physiognomica principia, itaut physiognomica, Eruditio doceatur, & si
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Naples:: Francesco Savio for Francesco Balsalmo,, 1641.. First Edition.. Cont. limp vellum, a bit soiled, hand lettered spine. Old ownership signature on blank part of title, some minor stains & light toning. . 4to.. Woodcut printerOs device on title. Vecchi [DeVecchi] was a canon of the cathedral in Capua. His "Observations of Every Kind of Erudition on Divine Scripture" was envisioned a 32 part work covering all types of subjects in relation to scripture from physiognomy and medicine to astronomy, ethics, magic, kabbalah, hierogyphics, music, architecture, theology, etc. He only published the first two volumes, this one on physiognomy and a second (not present here) on medicine. #11;The first part of this book sets out the apparatus for the whole intended 32 volumes. It is followed by 105 chapters on physiognomy. It is a scarce work with only a few copies found in our bibliographies and none listed in US libraries. BL Ital. 17th. II, 935. Laehr I, 220. Gerlach, Vecchi 1641.Thorndike,VII,461.
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'India quae Orientalis dicitur, Et Insvlae Adiacentes. - ... Guiljelmus Blaeu.':.
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. Altkol. Kupferstich b. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1641, 41 x 51. SÜDOSTASIEN (Southeast Asia):van der Krogt, Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. II, S. 592, Nr. 8400:2. - Zeigt Südostasien von Indien im Westen bis zum Pazifischen Ozean mit China u. Japan im Osten sowie Indonesien, den Philippinen, Neuguinea u. die nördl. Spitze von Australien; im Zentrum Thailand. - Oben mittig Titelkartusche; unten links Kartusche mit Dedikation an Laurentius Real von Guiljelmus Blaeu; unten rechts Meilenzeigerkartusche. - Die Karte mit Segelschiffen u. Kompaßrose.
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Sigismondo Laurenti Cremonese
Vita Di San Paolo Aposotolo Cavata...Da Altri Gravi Autori, Ridotta in Forma Di Cronologia, Secondo Baronio, Spondano, Con Le Osservationi Di Diversi Santi Padri. and: --Virtu Di San Paolo Apostolo Racolte...Et Ornata Di Cinquanta Symboli Sacri
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Roma, Nella stamperia di Lodovico Grignani, 1641. 2 works in 1 vol. Folio (33 x 22 cm) Contemporary vellum, with title printed in gold on the spine. (xx), 144, (ii: Catalogo), (ii: blank) and: (viii), (322), (viii), (ii: Registro) pp. (restspots and a few quires browned, due to the paper). With 2 engraved frontispieces: The first one showing St. Paul preaching, surrounded by small engravings showing different events of his life. The second one showing pope Sixtus V, surrounded by 18 historical numismatic medals. Convent stamps verso first frontisp. and on first title, otherwise an attractive copy. Text in Italian, printed in 2 columns, with citations in Latin printed in bold italic.
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Foxe, John
2 volumes of] Acts and Monuments of Matters most Speciall and Memorable happening in the CHurch with an universal historie of the same. Persecutions against true Martyrs. [commonly called Foxe's Book of Martyrs]
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Company of Stationers. London 1641 - Published in 1641. 65 plates + engraved titles. Folio. Bound in the original full leather bindings. Foxe?s Book of Martyrs was first published in 1563. The second edition was published in 1570; the third in 1573 and the fourth in 1576. Foxe died in 1587. This is the eighth edition, printed in 1641. This is an incomplete set. The third volume is missing. It chronicles the martyrs during the reign of Elizabeth Foxe?s Book of Martyrs is a monument itself. It has been in print continuously for nearly 450 years. It inspired generations of Christian believers and defined a schism between Papists and Protestants and Puritans and Anglicans that remains ingrained to this day. It is not overreaching to posit that after the King James Bible, the Book of Martyrs can make a claim at being one of the most significant religious works in English. The following is a detailed pagination: First page, ?The Booke of Martyrs.? Barely attached. Title page, detached. Engraved. ?Acts and Monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall Historie of the same. Wherein is set forth at large, the whole Race and Course of the Church, from the Primitive age to these later times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great Persecutions against the true Martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen Emperors, as not lately practices by Romish Prelates, especially in this Realme of England and Scotland. Now againe, as it was recognized, perused, and recommended to the studious Reader, by the Author, Mr. John Fox, the eight time newly Imprinted. Whereunto are annexed certaine Additions of like Persecutions, which have happened in these latter times. Apoc. Vii. Salus Sedenti super Thronum & Agno. London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1641.? 4 pages (2 leaves) of Kalendar pages, showing from May to December. 2 pages missing. 3 pages in Latin, ?Ad Christum Eucharisticon? 3 page dedication to the Queen, with extraordinary woodcut initial. 3 page Ad Doctum Lectorum, in Latin. 8 pages, ?A Protestation to the whole Church of England.? 3 pages ?The Utility of this Storie.? 5 pages ?To all those Professed Friends and Followers of the Popes.? 2 pages ?Four Considerations given out to Christian Protestants.? 3 pages, poem in Latin, ?In Martyrologium? by Fox, and a short poem by Jo. Hopkins 12 pages ?Table of Tables? 70 pages Chronologie, up through 1576. Act and Monuments, pages numbered 1-756 then 767-1010. [no missing text, this is merely a printer?s error.] Then pages 1015-1018 (torn & detached), 1025-1028 (detached). This volume should contain 1033 numbered pages, so there are 5 pages missing at the end & 4 pages missing just before the end. No other pages. No rear endpapers. 26 plates in this volume, including 1 full page plate (and not including the title page). Bound in full leather. Probably the original binding. Leather is scuffed and skinned. Raised cords. Spine peeling from the spine to reveal sewn signatures beneath. Corners are bumped and perhaps even chewed. 10? x 15? x 4.25?. There should be a frontispiece engraved portrait of Foxe, but it is missing. The next volume. Engraved title page. ?The Second Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History: Containing the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs: With the Persecutions stirred up by Romish Prelates in the Church. And divers other things incident to this Realme of England and Scotland from the time of King Henry 8 untill the beginning of the Raigne of Q Mary. Whereunto is added, in this Volume, the life of the Author, Mr. John Fox, in Latine and English: Together with divers materiall matters, left out in all Editions since the first. London. Printed for the Company of Stationers. 1641.? 2 Pages, introduction to the Life of John Fox. 20 pages, the Life of John Fox 2 pages, Ad Lectorum (in Latin). 14 page, life of John Fox (in Latin). Acts and Monuments, pages numbered 1-788. 1 blank page, followed by 2 more blank pages which are not bound in, b [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Lenthall, William
Mr. Speakers Speech, with His Majesties Speech to both houses of Parliament, at the passing of the Bill for Tonnage and Poundage: Being An Answer to Mr. Speakers Speech at the presenting thereof, 22. June 1641. Wing L1089
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N.p. London 1641 - Modern cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered, a trifle bowed and browned, else a good copy The speeches of both Lenthall (as Speaker) and Charles I, anticipating the dramatic exchanges which were soon to take place between them and which would increase significantly the independence of the office of Speaker of the House of Commons [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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WREE (Olivier de);
Les Seaux des comtes de Flandre et inscriptions des chartres par eux publiées avec un esclaircissement historique, par Olivier de Wree Brugeois, Lic : es Loix. Où se montre l'adevenuë des Provinces aux comtes de Flandre, & l'alienation d'aucunes d'icelles. Et en quelle maniere les Royaumes d'Espagne, & autres, ensemble les dixsept, & restantes Provinces, sont devoluës à Philippe IV. du nom, à présent Roy d'Espagne. Traduit du latin par L.V.R.
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É Bruge en Flandre Chez Jean Baptiste & Lucas Vanden Kerchove 1641 In-folio de (28) pp. 112 planches gravées, 209-(29), vélin dur, dos à nerfs, titre manuscrit sur le dos (reliure de l'époque). Première édition française. Histoire des Flandres par l'historiographe et bourgmestre de la ville de Bruges, Olivier de Wree, dit Vredius (1596-1652), publiée une première fois en latin en 1639, illustré de 112 planches des sceaux des comtes de Flandre. Vignette gravée sur le titre. Ex-libris armorié sur le contreplat supérieur. Feuillets légèrement roussis, mors supérieur partiellement fendu, feuillet D3 déchiré en marge sans perte de lettre. Bel exemplaire en reliure du temps. Brunet, V, 1385 ; Saffroy, III, 40991 ; Guigard, IV, 3154.
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TACITO CORNELIO
GLI ANNALI DI CORNELIO TACITO CON LA TRADUZIONE IN VOLGARE FIORENTINO DEL SIG. BERNARDO DAVANZATI POSTA RINCONTRO AL TESTO
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BATTISTA LANDINI FIRENZE 1641 - In folio, pp. (4), 248. Bella leg. seicentesca in piena pergamena, con nervature a vista. Titolo, nome dell'autore e decorazioni riportate a mano sul dorso, con inchiostro di china color seppia. Numerosi capilettera xilografati nel testo. Bella marca tipografica al frontespizio. Interessante versione degli annali di Tacito con testo su due colonne, una in latino, l'altra in volgare fiorentino. La versione in volgare fu curata dal celeberrimo storico italiano Bernardo Davanzati. La traduzione, iniziata nel 1596 e portata a termine nel 1600, risulta essere una delle più valide, dal linguaggio conciso almeno quanto l'originale, caratteristica espressamente voluta dal Davanzati al fine di mostrare infondate le accuse di prolissità, mosse dai francesi, nei confronti della lingua italiana. Fresco esemplare in perfetto stato di conservazione.
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Mercator, Gerard and Hondius, Hendrik
Northumbria, Cumberlandia et Dunelmensis Episcopatus
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Amsterdam, 1641. A rather good example of this map of the north of England, with some limited hand-colouring. c. 1640. French text to verso. Two small holes to the margin have been restored leaving small circular areas slightly lighter, but this could be easily hidden by a mount. One small restored hole to one mountain in the image is only noticeable by a slightly lighter shade circel surrounding it. Small tape repair to verso of central fold at top. Otherwise very tidy with no tears, loss, stains, etc. A very presentable example of this popular map. . Early Edition. Map. Very Good/No Jacket. 22 By 18 Inches.
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HONDIUS HENRICUS/JANSONIUS JOHANNES.
Africae nova tabula.
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Amsterdam, 1641. Incisione in rame, splendida coloritura d'epoca, mm 380x500. Tratto da "Gerardi Mercatori et I. Hondii atlas". Testo latino al verso. Buon esemplare, su carta uniformemente ingiallita, rinforzo alla giuntura dei fogli, qualche leggera traccia di umidità ai margini bianchi. Africa
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Prynne, William
Mount-Orgueil: or divine and profitable mediations
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London 1641 - Prynne, William. Mount-Orgueil: or divine and profitable mediations, raised from the contemplation of these last three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By William Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of the soules complaint against the body. London: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, 1641. (14), 56, 59-184 pp. + an engraved frontispiece portrait. Sm. 4to, recent tan cloth, brown morocco spine. First edition. One of the militant Puritan's most unusual books, entirely in verse, describing his imprisonment on the Isle of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; William Prynne published an enormous number of books and pamphlets, but this is his only sustained work of poetry. This copy does not contain a 16-page supplement called "Comfortable Cordialls," which had its own title-page and pagination. Bookplate of the Birmingham Law Society, with a number of ownership stamps, otherwise a good clean copy of a very scarce title. Wing P4013. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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FVSARIO, Domino Vicentio
TRACTATVS DE SVBSTITVTIONIBVS. In Duas Partes Diftinctus, Qvarvm prima continet svmmatim Directas, Hoc eft, de Subftitutionibus in genere de Vulgari, Pupillari, Exemplari, Directa, Militari, Compendiofa & Reciproca
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- Geneve, Iacobi Chovet, 1641,gran folio piel, 67 h.+ 1088 págs (recortado de margen inferior) CIVIL
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Kircher Athanasius
MAGNES SIVE DE ARTE MAGNETICA OPUS TRIPARTITUM
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Rome: Grignani, for Herman Scheus, 1641. The Extremely Rare First Edition. With the important added engraved title-page, additional full-page woodcut plate, 33 engraved plates (including supplementary frontispiece for Book III), many woodcut illustrations in the text (approximately 150), tables, diagrams and 5 pages of music. 4to, contemporary German calf fully blind-stamped. A very well preserved and pleasing copy.. RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PERIOD BINDING. KircherOs second and largest work on magnetism and electromagnetism (Ode magnetismo electriO, a term coined by Kircher in this work), which he conceived as a universal force of nature. This book is divided into three parts: Othe first on the magnet itself; the second on its application (encompassing magnetic statics, magnetic geometry, magnetic astronomy and magnetic natural magic); and the third on such topics as the magnetism of the earth and other heavenly bodies, the use of the thermometer, natural and artificial weather, magnetism of medicines, poisons and antidotes, the attractive force of the imagination, and the magnetism of music and of love.O
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Reinhold, Karl L
Beiträge zur Berichtigung bisheriger Mißverständnisse der Philosophen Erster Band, das Fundament der Elementarphilosophie betreffend [BD 1]
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Meiner, F - Reinhold, Karl L Beiträge zur Berichtigung bisheriger Mißverständnisse der Philosophen Erster Band, das Fundament der Elementarphilosophie betreffend [BD 1] (Meiner, F) ISBN: 978-3-7873-1641-0 Leinen LXXII, 451 S. - 19 x 12,2 cm Reinhold, Karl L Beiträge zur Berichtigung bisheriger Mißverständnisse der Philosophen Erster Band, das Fundament der Elementarphilosophie betreffend Einleitung von Fabbianelli, Faustino. Anmerkungen von Fabbianelli, Faustino. Herausgegeben von Fabbianelli, Faustino Verlag : Meiner, F ISBN : 978-3-7873-1641-0 Einband : Leinen Preisinfo : 68,00 Eur[D] / 70,00 Eur[A] / 115,00 CHF UVP Alle Preisangaben in CHF (Schweizer Franken) sind unverbindliche Preisempfehlungen. Legende: UVP = unverbindliche Preisempfehlung, iVb = in Vorbereitung. Seiten/Umfang : LXXII, 451 S. - 19 x 12,2 cm Erschienen : 1. Aufl. 11.2003 Gewicht : 507 g Aus der Reihe : Philosophische Bibliothek 554a verwandte Themen : Reinhold Elementarphilosophie Fundamentallehre Vorstellungsvermögen
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Downing, Calybute.
A Sermon Preached to the Renowned Company of the Artillery, 1 September, 1640. Designed to Compose the Present Troubles, by Discovering the Enemies of the Peace of the Church and State. Published by the Honourable House of Commons.
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[Prin]ted by E[dward] G[riffin] for John Rothwell,, London: 1641 - Small 4to, removed, [6], 29 [i.e., 39] pages. Britain's internal enemies will "Call other men Traitors, when they themselves are the rankest Rebels; render religious Christians as ill affected civill subjects: and revile the wisdome, conscience, and representation of a State in Parliament, as a Faction, a Combination, a pack of *Puritans*; but wee hope before long, the word *Puritan* shall prove a good name, when some of theirs may degenerate." A watershed sermon from Downing (1606-1644), preached in defiance of the established order; among other arguments congenial to the view of the Commons is his claim that in defense of religion and reformation it is lawful to take up arms against the king. Instance of small contemporary marginal autograph mark. Bound without leaf A2, as seems to be the case in most copies (viz. the copies noted in Thomason, McAlpin, DFo, CSmH, and the Honourable Artillery Company's copy). Final leaf repaired. Wing D-2105; McAlpin Collection II, page 32; Thomason E.157 (4). Small flaw to the title; some light staining; a little nibbling along the upper edge, with loss to the border (but not touching text); a good, sound copy. [Attributes: First Edition]
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BROOK, Robert
The Reading of M. Robert Brook, Serieant of the Law, and Recorder of London, Upon the Stat. of Magna Charta, Chap. 16
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M. Flesher and R. Young, London 1641 - Author was an eminent English jurist. In the text, it states he is examining chapter 17, not chapter 16 as stated on the title page. Crimes covered are murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, and high treason. The author defines the circumstances that would cause someone to be charged with each of theses crimes rather than another criminal charge. One of only three works authored by Robert Brook. Wing B4896 23pp. 12mo, disbound, new paper spine, title page soiled, hole in last page with the partial loss of two letters, light soiling to some margins, some of top margin of title page lacking. London: M. Flesher and R. Young, 1641. First Edition. [Attributes: First Edition]
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WREE (Olivier de);
Les Seaux des comtes de Flandre et inscriptions des chartres par eux publiées avec un esclaircissement historique, par Olivier de Wree Brugeois, Lic : es Loix. Où se montre l'adevenuë des Provinces aux comtes de Flandre, & l'alienation d'aucunes d'icelles. Et en quelle maniere les Royaumes d'Espagne, & autres, ensemble les dixsept, & restantes Provinces, sont devoluës à Philippe IV. du nom, à présent Roy d'Espagne. Traduit du latin par L.V.R.
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Chez Jean Baptiste & Lucas Vanden Kerchove, À Bruge en Flandre 1641 - In-folio de (28) pp. 112 planches gravées, 209-(29), vélin dur, dos à nerfs, titre manuscrit sur le dos (reliure de l'époque). Première édition française. Histoire des Flandres par l'historiographe et bourgmestre de la ville de Bruges, Olivier de Wree, dit Vredius (1596-1652), publiée une première fois en latin en 1639, illustré de 112 planches des sceaux des comtes de Flandre. Vignette gravée sur le titre. Ex-libris armorié sur le contreplat supérieur. Feuillets légèrement roussis, mors supérieur partiellement fendu, feuillet D3 déchiré en marge sans perte de lettre. Bel exemplaire en reliure du temps. Brunet, V, 1385 ; Saffroy, III, 40991 ; Guigard, IV, 3154.
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Barnabe Brisson
DE VETERI RITU NUPTIARUM & JURE CONNUBIORUM
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Brisson, Barnabe [1531-1591], Hotman (Hotoman), Antoine [c.1525-1596] and Franciscus Hotman (Hotoman) [1524-1590]. De Veteri Ritu Nuptiarum & Jure Connubiorum. Leiden: Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1641. 566, [43] pp. Contemporary vellum, faint hand-lettered title to spine. Negligible soiling, front free endpaper lacking, vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns. Copperplate allegorical title page, woodcut head and tail-pieces. Small chip to head of title page, early annotations to rear free endpaper, interior otherwise fresh. An appealing copy of an uncommon title. * First edition. This interesting early treatise on Roman marital law by three distinguished humanist jurists includes material on early wedding ceremonies, "'"De Ritu Nuptiarum"'" (Section 23, Title 2 of the Digest), and the law relating to married women. Brisson was the author of a legal dictionary, De Verborum Significatione (1557). Francois Hotman, one of Calvin's secretaries, was a professor of Roman law at several un [Publisher: Apud Franciscum Hacklum]
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BACON, FRANCIS LORD VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS.
THE HISTORIE OF THE REIGNE OF KING HENRY THE SEVENTH. Whereunto is now added a very usefull and necessary Table.
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London, printed by R. Y. and R. H. and are sold by R. Meighen 1641 - Third edition, folio, 290 x 190 mm, 11¼ x 7¼ inches, frontispiece portrait of Bacon engraved by William Marshall in 1640, engraved title page with architectural border, pages (16), 248, bound in modern quarter calf over marbled sides, gilt rules and lettering to spine, all edges red. Occasional light foxing, a couple of pages foxed all over, a little light brown staining in a couple of places, no loss of text, pale damp stain to lower margin on 30 pages towards the end, another on inner margins of last 10 pages, final page dusty and slightly soiled. A very good tight copy. Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) (later Lord Verulam and the Viscount St. Albans) was a lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, intellectual reformer, philosopher, and champion of modern science. Early in his career he claimed "all knowledge" as his province and afterwards dedicated himself to a wholesale revaluation and re-structuring of traditional learning. To take the place of the established tradition (a miscellany of Scholasticism, humanism, and natural magic), he proposed an entirely new system based on empirical and inductive principles and the active development of new arts and inventions, a system whose ultimate goal would be the production of practical knowledge for "the use and benefit of men" and the relief of the human condition. At the same time that he was founding and promoting this new project for the advancement of learning, Bacon was also moving up the ladder of state service. His career aspirations had been largely disappointed under Elizabeth I, but with the ascension of James his political fortunes rose. Knighted in 1603, he was then steadily promoted to a series of offices, including Solicitor General (1607), Attorney General (1613), and eventually Lord Chancellor (1618). While serving as Chancellor, he was indicted on charges of bribery and forced to leave public office. He then retired to his estate where he devoted himself full time to his continuing literary, scientific, and philosophical work. He died in 1626, leaving behind a cultural legacy that included most of the foundation for the triumph of technology and for the modern world as it is currently known. This account of the life of Henry VII is Bacon's only historical work, first published in 1622. Images sent on request. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Hondius, Henricus.
Iaponiæ Nova Descriptio.
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Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. French text edition. 345 x 440mm. Original colour. Japan, with Korea shown as an island. This is the second state of the plate, introduced 1636; the title and cartouche have been altered, and a galleon has replaced the original junk in the sea under the island, although the Latin description underneath still refers to the Japanese craft.
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COUTINHO, Francisco de Sousa.
Manifesto, e protestaçam que fez Francisco de Sousa Coutinho, Commendador da Ordem de Christo, & Alcaide Môr da Villa de Sousel, do Conselho delRey Dom Joam o IV, nosso Senhor, & seu Embaxador extraordinario âs partes Septentionaes, enviado â Dieta de Ratisbona, sobre a liberdade do Serenissimo Senhor Infante D. Duarte, Irmão de sua Real Magestade, injustamente reteudo nas terras do Imperio. Traduzido de outro Latino impresso na Didade de Holmia em o Reyno de Suecia.
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Lisbon, Jorge Rodriguez, 1641. [6 ll.]. 4º, mid–twentieth–century quarter sheep over marbled boards (rubbed, defective at foot of spine), spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, red leather label, gilt letter, marbled endpapers, edges rouged. A very good copy. Engraved armorial bookplate of [António Pereira da Nóbrega de] Souza da Camara (1840–1918). First Edition in Portuguese? There appears to be a different translation, published by António Alvares, also in 1641. We have been unable to establish any priority. @Provenance: The Souza da Camara library was sold at auction in Lisbon, 1966, with Arnaldo Henriques de Oliveira as expert. For the history and other characteristics of the collection, see Jorge Peixoto, "Aspectos da Biblioteca Sousa da Câmara" and J.C., "Para a história duma biblioteca," in @Catálogo da importantíssima e valiosa Biblioteca Souza da Câmara. Arouca I, 564–5, 698. @Exposição bibliográfica da Restauração 792. Visconde de Trindade 55 [describing a rather poor copy]. Innocêncio XVIII, 181. Figanière 250 (giving an incorrect collation). Palha 3218. Sabugosa, p. 189. Monteverde 5180. Azevedo–Samodães 3255. Ameal 2290. Avila Perez 4603 and 7396. Souza da Câmara 2517 (the present copy). On the bookplate, see Avelar Duarte, @Ex–libris portugueses heráldicos 179. NUC: Not located in NUC.Alvarez ed. only: DLC-P4
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Du Bartas, his divine weekes and workes, vvith a complete collection of all the other most delightfull vvorkes. Translated and vvritten by that famous Philomusus, Josuah Sylvester, vvith additions.
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*Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* folio (slightly taller than 33 cm.), lacks title and all the preliminary matter (starts with Du Bartas his First Weeke), also lacks everything after page [658] not accounting for printer’s numbering errors, no plates; later half calf darkened and rubbed with joints partially split, general age toning, early leaves damp stained at margins, occasional marginalia, late leaves wormed at corner with no loss, incomplete working copy
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Federici Federico
Lettera nella quale si narrano alcune memorie della Republica Genovese con le Postille, e prove in fine di essa ampliate, e reviste dall’istesso Autore
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Genova, Farroni-Pesagni-Barberi 1641 - In-4to (cm. 20) di pp. (8), 98, (2), vignetta al fs. e fregi in xil. Cart. rustico (etichetta di bibl. al dso). Ottimo es. Aggiunta una pag. ms. di note. Opera importante, anche perché corredata in fine di un’ampia bibliografia delle fonti e dei documenti utilizzati dall’A. Manno, VI, 22451. Cat. Rossi, 760. ID: 31_31 [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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HONDIUS HENRICUS/JANSONIUS JOHANNES.
Africae nova tabula.
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1641., Amsterdam, 1641 - Incisione in rame, splendida coloritura d'epoca, mm 380x500. Tratto da "Gerardi Mercatori et I. Hondii atlas". Testo latino al verso. Buon esemplare, su carta uniformemente ingiallita, rinforzo alla giuntura dei fogli, qualche leggera traccia di umidità ai margini bianchi.
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BASTA, Giorgio.
Govierno de la cavalleria ligera . . . Traducido del lenguaje Toscano en Español por Pedro Pardo Ribadeneyra, entretenido por su Magestad en los Estados de Flandes, y dirigido al excelentissimo Señor Don Gaspar de Guzman, Conde de Olivares, y Duque de San Lucar la Mayor.
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Madrid, Francisco Martinez, 1641. - 8vo (210 x 145 mm), pp. [xxiv], 142, [18]; contemporary speckled calf; spine gilt in compartments; extremities a little rubbed; a very good copy. Second edition: this translation was first published in Brussels in 1624. A treatise on the management and use of light cavalry originally published in Italian (Venice, 1612). Basta, who commanded the Holy Roman Emperor?s troops during the Long War of 1591?1606, wrote a number of military manuals. This, one of his best known works, was posthumously published following his death in 1607.Palau 25366.
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Crasset Jean
Außführliche Geschicht der in dem äussersten Welt-Theil gelegenen Japonesischen Kirch, worinn die glückliche Vertilgung der Abgötterey, Einführung, Fortpflantzung, Verfolgung, und letztens gäntzliche Verbannung des Heiligen Römisch Catholischen Glaubens in ddiesem grossen Reich nach denen besten Urkunden erzehlet wird. 2 Tle. in 1 Band. Augsburg, F. A. Ilger 1738. Fol. 12 Bll., 534 S.; 559 S. (313-320 mit Spaltenzählung), mit 9 Kupfertafeln, Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rsch. und reicher Rvg.
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Alt-Japan Kat. 379 - Cordier 401 - De Backer-S. II, 1641, 21 - Fromm 6191 - Laures 612 - Streit VI, 1441.- Erste deutsche Ausgabe.- Erstmals 1689 in Paris erschienene Geschichte der Jesuitenmission in Japan mit Nachrichten über Land, Einwohner, Sitten und Gebräuche.- Die Kupfertafeln von Joseph Anton Zimmermann zeigen Kostüme, Martyrien und den Kaiserpalast.- Titel mit hs. Besitzvermerk, braunfl. und tls. gebräunt, Ebd. berieben u. tls. stärker beschabt, insges. aber noch gutes Ex.
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COUTINHO, Francisco de Sousa.
Manifesto, e protestaçam que fez Francisco de Sousa Coutinho, Commendador da Ordem de Christo, & Alcaide Môr da Villa de Sousel, do Conselho delRey Dom Joam o IV, nosso Senhor, & seu Embaxador extraordinario âs partes Septentionaes, enviado â Dieta de Ratisbona, sobre a liberdade do Serenissimo Senhor Infante D. Duarte, Irmão de sua Real Magestade, injustamente reteudo nas terras do Imperio. Traduzido de outro Latino impresso na Didade de Holmia em o Reyno de Suecia.
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Lisbon, Jorge Rodriguez, 1641. - [6 ll.]. 4°, mid–twentieth–century quarter sheep over marbled boards (rubbed, defective at foot of spine), spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, red leather label, gilt letter, marbled endpapers, edges rouged. A very good copy. Engraved armorial bookplate of [António Pereira da Nóbrega de] Souza da Camara (1840–1918). First Edition in Portuguese? There appears to be a different translation, published by António Alvares, also in 1641. We have been unable to establish any priority. @Provenance: The Souza da Camara library was sold at auction in Lisbon, 1966, with Arnaldo Henriques de Oliveira as expert. For the history and other characteristics of the collection, see Jorge Peixoto, "Aspectos da Biblioteca Sousa da Câmara" and J.C., "Para a história duma biblioteca," in @Catálogo da importantíssima e valiosa Biblioteca Souza da Câmara. Arouca I, 564–5, 698. @Exposição bibliográfica da Restauração 792. Visconde de Trindade 55 [describing a rather poor copy]. Innocêncio XVIII, 181. Figanière 250 (giving an incorrect collation). Palha 3218. Sabugosa, p. 189. Monteverde 5180. Azevedo–Samodães 3255. Ameal 2290. Avila Perez 4603 and 7396. Souza da Câmara 2517 (the present copy). On the bookplate, see Avelar Duarte, @Ex–libris portugueses heráldicos 179. NUC: Not located in NUC.Alvarez ed. only: DLC-P4 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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[BERNARDUS CLAR?VALLENSIS, SANCTUS (1090-1153)]
Sancti Bernardi Clarævallensis Abbatis Primi Melliflui Ecclesiæ Doctoris, opera omnia, nunc demum in V tomos... digesta... His nunc primum adduntur multa hactenus inedita, epistolarum argumenta, tractatuum in capita distinctiones, lemmata notaeque margina
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Coloniae agrippinae, J. Kinchium, 1641. 4to, xviii + 152pp + 272pp + 140pp + 60pp + 384pp + 92pp. Bound in full blind-tooled pigskin with some soiling at edges and a tear to bottom-edge of front cover. Two functioning metal clasps. All edges red. Withdrawn from Mendicant library with minimal marks. Volume is sturdy and usable. Each of the six volumes is prefaced. General light foxing throughout, although some pages are quite bright, others are heavily foxed. Weak joints with a tear to joint and inner margins after the first gathering. Some pages have undergone worming to the lower-right corner, with subsequent repair work. Contains the complete works. Additionally, a general preface, a vita of Saint bernard in seven books, testimony of various Saints and ecclesiastics, a chronology of the works, and an appendix containing the writings of Guerric of Igny and William of Hoyland, disciples of Bernard. [BN#C.729]
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Saumaise, Claude
Walonis Messalini De episcopis et presbyteris contra D[ionysium] Petavium Loiolitam dissertatio prima
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Lugduni Batavorum:: Ex officina Ioannis Maire,, 1641.. Vellum over paste boards. Ex-library with paper labels on spine and pressure-stamps, yet a copy notably clean, bright, and even crisp; perhaps a half-dozen leaves sometime exposed to a small spill(?) lightly marking lower outer corner-tips. All edges speckled red.. 8vo (15.8 cm, 6.25"). 476 pp., [1], [1 (blank)] ff. . Walo Messalinus" is a pseudonym for Claude Saumaise (or Salmasius, 1588-1653), a Huguenot classicist and theologian probably best noted for his attacks on the papacy. In this treatise he argues against the Jesuit patrologist Denis Petau that bishops and presbyters were the same in the early church, and thus that presbyterian polity was more primitive. The text of this = sole edition is printed in roman with a goodly amount of Greek, while the title-page is printed in black and red and ornamented with a woodcut vignette of a man digging beneath the motto "Fac et spera." = "Do and hope."#11; Provenance: Charles Spencer, Third Earl of Sunderland, lot 8432 in the Sunderland Library sale (1882)
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Hippokrates.
Hippocratis Coi aphorismi graeco et latino sermone expressi [.].
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Nürnberg, Wolfgang Endter, 1641. - (20), 533, (27) SS. Pergamentband der Zeit auf 3 durchzogenen Bünden mit hs. Rückentitel. Dreiseitiger locker gesprenkelter Rotschnitt. Bindebänder fehlen. Kl.-8vo. Zweisprachige Textausgabe der "Aphorismen" des Hippokrates von Kos, dem Begründer der Medizin als Wissenschaft. Mit lateinischer Übersetzung und ausführlichen Erläuterungen in lateinischer Sprache. - Es fehlen das gest. Frontispiz und der Kupfertitel (letzterer im VD-17-Scan beiliegend). VD 17, 23:633272Q. Krivatsy 5661. Hoffmann II, 280. Nicht bei Schweiger.
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CAMPANELLA, Tommasso.
De monarchia hispanica. Editio nouvissima, aucta & emendata ut præfatio ad lectorem indicat.
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Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1641. Finely engraved alegorical title page. (4 ll.), 379 [i.e. 376] pp. Page 376 misnumbered 379. * , A-Z , 2A . 24º, contemporary stiff vellum (ties gone; small defect to spine), horizontal manuscript author and title on spine (rather faint). Fraying at outer edge of title page and next four leaves, affecting a few letters of text. Some small dampstains. A somewhat less than good copy. Contemporary ink inscription on title page. Engraved armorial and pictorial bookplate of Robert R. Livingston of Clermont (1746-1813), New York legislator and revolutionary patriot. This work is an able account of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century politics, especially Spanish, as well as being a basic political economy text for the period, including a chapter on governing the American colonies, and one on navigation. It was translated from the original Italian manuscript and published first in German, then translated into Latin. Tommaso Campanella (Stilo, Calabria, 1568 – Paris, 1639) was one of the most important philosophers of the late Renaissance. His best-known work is the utopian treatise @La città del Sole; inspired by Plato's @Republic, but, in reality, his thought was extremely complex and engaged with all fields of learning. The fundamental core of his thinking was concerned with the philosophy of nature (what would nowadays be called science), magic, political theory and natural religion. Campanella's reflections on Machiavelli, and on “politicians” in general, constituted one of the most forceful aspects of his thought. His deliberations focused, above all, on two closely connected points. On the one hand, he underlined the philosophical limits of Machiavelli's theories—limits that made his political constructions inherently fragile. On the other hand, he developed and inserted into a Catholic and Counter-Reformation context an element that was already present in Machiavelli, especially in his Discourses on the @First Decade of Livy: the view of religion as one of the most powerful bonds in the human community. Both these elements are found in this central text of Campanella's political thought, the @Monarchia hispanica. From the outset, he expresses the doctrine of the three causes that are at the origin of political associations—God, prudence and expediency—in order to highlight the inadequacy of a vision of history, characteristic of politicians, that is limited solely to human causes. The first cause, that rules and governs the others and that is always present, even if in hidden ways, in all historical events is, of course, God. This means that a skillful and shrewd politician must endeavor to integrate empirical causes into more general ones. To this end, it is indispensable to have recourse to the “highest sciences” of prophecy and of astrology, that enable one to insert particular events into a universal background. Appealing to biblical texts, Campanella maintains that the Spanish sovereign can aspire to the monarchy of the world if he takes inspiration from the model of Cyrus, invested by God, as Isaiah (45.1) confirms, with the mission of liberating the Church from infidels and of bringing together all peoples under a single faith. For the Catholic king the only practical way of achieving his own universal plans is through a firm accord with the Church and with the pope, following the example of Constantine and Charlemagne. Campanella further stresses that religion is the most powerful bond of political unity. Machiavelli, too, had emphasized the strength of this bond, when analyzing the events of the Roman Republic, but then had condemned the Christian religion as a cause of weakness, strife and divisions. Campanella has no doubt that religion, whether true or false, is the primary and most powerful unifying force in the political body, in that it rules over souls and brings them together, and that all other ties between human beings depend on it. The two other primary causes of political associations are prudence and expediency. Here another key element in Campanella's thought comes into play: the return to nature. Political associations, like all other natural entities, are living organisms. The main task of political action will therefore be to promote the most effective union among its members. The virtue specific to this activity is prudence, which has the job of reinforcing natural bonds and coming up with unifying techniques designed to strengthen the ties of individuals with the whole, of integrating unlike with like and of attenuating the most violent conflicts, so that the result is the correct functioning and prosperity of the entire organism. When he speaks of prudence, Campanella insists on distinguishing it from Machiavellian cunning and from “reason of state,” drawing on various clever and subtle contrasts and distinctions. While prudence is an instrument of organic unity, cunning and reason of state are nothing but techniques designed to affirm individualistic egoism and, for this reason, are doomed to failure, as is amply demonstrated by the tragic end of Machiavellian heroes, whose successes are revealed to be merely apparent or ephemeral, or by the sad life of tyrants, constantly plagued by suspicions and fears. The wise politician is one who, having as his aim the solidarity and well-being of the whole community, is in a position to promote three different types of bond. First of all, there is the bond of souls, achieved by the impetus given to the humanities and sciences and to religion. Secondly, there is the bond of bodies, in relation to which Campanella insists on the expediency of increasing marriages by all available means, encouraging unions between individuals of different physical constitution and temperament and between the Spanish and other nations, in order both to spread "Spanishness" to other nations and to temper the vices of the Spanish people, who often arouse hatred for their humility when serving and for their pride when commanding. The third bond is that of goods of fortune; here it is a case of encouraging the economic prosperity of people by means of developing commerce and especially navigation, the vital lymphatic system that makes it possible to unite distant lands and to connect the separate limbs of the empire. @Provenance: Robert R. Livingston of Clermont was a classmate of Alexander Hamilton and John Jay at Kings College (now Columbia University). The Clermont estate was established in Dutchess County, New York in 1728 and remained in the family for seven successive generations — 230 years. Robert R. Livingston, son of Judge Robert R. Livingston and Margaret Beekman served with Thomas Jefferson as a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. He took office as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1781 after it took Congress over nine months to select a candidate for the position. Recorder of New York, 1773-1775, Member of Continental Congress, 1775-77, 1779-81, 1784-85, on committee of five which drafted Declaration of Independence, Member of Provincial Congress, 1775-77, Chancellor of New York, 1777-1801, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 1781-1783, administered oath to George Washington as first President of United States, 1789, Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of New York State, 1784-1801. Chancellor Livingston concluded his public career as Thomas Jefferson's Minister to France between 1801 and 1804. While in Paris, he negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and entered into a partnership with Robert Fulton, a Pennsylvania-born painter and inventor who shared Livingston's fascination with steam navigation. Their creation, which they called the North River, is known to history as the Clermont. Their steamboat embarked on its maiden voyage between New York City and Albany in 1807, setting off a transportation revolution. Copinger, @The Elzevier Press 765. Willems 971: "Réimpression plus correcte de l'édition parue l'année précédente." CLC C391. Palau 41135 (describing the Amsterdam 1640 editon, with mention of the present one). This edition not in Sabin; cf. 10197. This edition not in HSA, which cites (on p.87) a German edition of 1623, a Latin edition of 1653, and an English edition of 1654. This edition not in JFB, which cites the German 1623 and English 1659-1560 editions(C24 and C25). See @Monarchie d'Espagne et Monarchie de France, ed. G. Ernst, French transl. S. Waldbaum and N. Fabry (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1997). The CCPBC locates only two copies of the present edition in Spanish Libraries, at the Biblioteca de la Universidad de Oviedo, and the Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid. REBIUN adds a copy at the Biblioteca de la Faculdad de Derecho de la Universidad de Salamanca. WorldCat locates copies of the present edition at the New York Public Library, Syracuse University, the Unversity of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, and the Cleveland Public Library. This edition not located in Library of Congress, whose Online Catalog cites a London 1654 edition in English, and a Frankfort 1686 edition in Latin. This edition not located in Josiah, which cites hard copies of Latin editions of Amsterdam 1640 (at JCB) and 1653 (at Hay), as well as English editions of London 1654 (at JCB) and 1659-1560 (at JCB); a German edition of [Frankfort?] 1620 is also cited (at JCB), as are other editions in microfilm and online.
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PIERREPOINT, William.
The true copie of a Speech delivered by the Honorable William Perpoynt. second son to the Right Honorable the Earle of Kingstone, against Sr Robert Berkley Knight, one of the Justices of the Kings Bench, in maintenance of their accusation of High Treason, and other great misdemeanours. At a conference of both houses in the Painted Chamber, July 6, 1641.
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London, for Henrie Hood, 1641 - Sole edition, 4to., (2) 10 pp., nicely bound in 19th Century half dark blue roan morocco. A speech maintaining the accusations of High Treason against Berkeley for his involvement in the Ship Money affair. Wing P 2212.
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CAMPANELLA, Tommasso.
De monarchia hispanica. Editio nouvissima, aucta & emendata ut præfatio ad lectorem indicat.
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Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1641. - Finely engraved alegorical title page. (4 ll.), 379 [i.e. 376] pp. Page 376 misnumbered 379. * A-Z 2A 24°, contemporary stiff vellum (ties gone; small defect to spine), horizontal manuscript author and title on spine (rather faint). Fraying at outer edge of title page and next four leaves, affecting a few letters of text. Some small dampstains. A somewhat less than good copy. Contemporary ink inscription on title page. Engraved armorial and pictorial bookplate of Robert R. Livingston of Clermont (1746-1813), New York legislator and revolutionary patriot. This work is an able account of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century politics, especially Spanish, as well as being a basic political economy text for the period, including a chapter on governing the American colonies, and one on navigation. It was translated from the original Italian manuscript and published first in German, then translated into Latin. Tommaso Campanella (Stilo, Calabria, 1568 ? Paris, 1639) was one of the most important philosophers of the late Renaissance. His best-known work is the utopian treatise @La città del Sole; inspired by Plato's @Republic, but, in reality, his thought was extremely complex and engaged with all fields of learning. The fundamental core of his thinking was concerned with the philosophy of nature (what would nowadays be called science), magic, political theory and natural religion. Campanella's reflections on Machiavelli, and on "politicians" in general, constituted one of the most forceful aspects of his thought. His deliberations focused, above all, on two closely connected points. On the one hand, he underlined the philosophical limits of Machiavelli's theories?limits that made his political constructions inherently fragile. On the other hand, he developed and inserted into a Catholic and Counter-Reformation context an element that was already present in Machiavelli, especially in his Discourses on the @First Decade of Livy: the view of religion as one of the most powerful bonds in the human community. Both these elements are found in this central text of Campanella's political thought, the @Monarchia hispanica. From the outset, he expresses the doctrine of the three causes that are at the origin of political associations?God, prudence and expediency?in order to highlight the inadequacy of a vision of history, characteristic of politicians, that is limited solely to human causes. The first cause, that rules and governs the others and that is always present, even if in hidden ways, in all historical events is, of course, God. This means that a skillful and shrewd politician must endeavor to integrate empirical causes into more general ones. To this end, it is indispensable to have recourse to the "highest sciences" of prophecy and of astrology, that enable one to insert particular events into a universal background. Appealing to biblical texts, Campanella maintains that the Spanish sovereign can aspire to the monarchy of the world if he takes inspiration from the model of Cyrus, invested by God, as Isaiah (45.1) confirms, with the mission of liberating the Church from infidels and of bringing together all peoples under a single faith. For the Catholic king the only practical way of achieving his own universal plans is through a firm accord with the Church and with the pope, following the example of Constantine and Charlemagne. Campanella further stresses that religion is the most powerful bond of political unity. Machiavelli, too, had emphasized the strength of this bond, when analyzing the events of the Roman Republic, but then had condemned the Christian religion as a cause of weakness, strife and divisions. Campanella has no doubt that religion, whether true or false, is the primary and most powerful unifying force in the political body, in that it rules over souls and brings them together, and that all other ties between human beings depend on it. The two other primary causes of political associations are prudence and e [Attributes: Signed Copy]
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(VARENNES Claude de.)
Le Voyage de France, dresse pour l'instruction et commodite tant des Francois, que des Estrangers. Seconde edition, corrige et augmentee.
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A Paris, chez Olivier de Varennes, 1641. Petit in-8 plein velin ivoire rigide de l'epaque, auteur et titre a l'encre ancienne sur le dos, [20]-60-290-[36] pages. Index. Ex-libris armorie grave. (Quelques aureoles marginales aux derniers feuillets, trace de brulure en pied d'un feuillet.) BON EXEMPLAIRE. ***___***___*** Small in-8 full vellum ivory, name of author and title to old ink on the back, [20] - 60-290- [36] pages. Index. Engraved armoriU ex libris. (Some marginal aureoles with the last layers, traces burn in foot of a layer.) BARBER IV, 1072 quotes the editions of 1639 and 1643. The epistle dUdicatoire is signed "Olivier of Varennes", name of the editor. Interesting guide of voyage giving a geographical description of France, a course through the provinces with descriptions of the principal cities and their monuments, a chronology of Roys de France, and descriptive notes on the rivers and rivers. GOOD. Seconde edition de ce guide de voyage parcourant les provinces francaises et donnant la description des principales villes et de leurs monuments. Il contient en outre une chronologie des rois de France, ainsi que de plaisantes notices sur les fleuves et rivieres. Une ample table termine le volume. CIORANESCU 65473 pour la premiere edition de 1639. BARBIER IV, 1072 pour les editions de 1639 et 1643.
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Downing, Calybute
A Sermon Preached to the Renowned Company of the Artillery, 1 September, 1640. Designed to Compose the Present Troubles, by Discovering the Enemies of the Peace of the Church and State. Published by the Honourable House of Commons
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London:: [Prin]ted by E[dward] G[riffin] for John Rothwell,, 1641. First edition.. Small flaw to the title; some light staining; a little nibbling along the upper edge, with loss to the border (but not touching text); a good, sound copy.. Small 4to, removed, [6], 29 [i.e., 39] pages. Britain's internal enemies will "Call other men Traitors, when they themselves are the rankest Rebels; render religious Christians as ill affected civill subjects: and revile the wisdome, conscience, and representation of a State in Parliament, as a Faction, a Combination, a pack of *Puritans*; but wee hope before long, the word *Puritan* shall prove a good name, when some of theirs may degenerate." A watershed sermon from Downing (1606-1644), preached in defiance of the established order; among other arguments congenial to the view of the Commons is his claim that in defense of religion and reformation it is lawful to take up arms against the king. Instance of small contemporary marginal autograph mark. Bound without leaf A2, as seems to be the case in most copies (viz. the copies noted in Thomason, McAlpin, DFo, CSmH, and the Honourable Artillery Company's copy). Final leaf repaired. Wing D-2105; McAlpin Collection II, page 32; Thomason E.157 (4).
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SIGISMONDO LAURENTI CREMONESE
Vita di san Paolo aposotolo cavata ... da altri gravi autori, ridotta in forma di cronologia, secondo Baronio, Spondano, con le osservationi di diversi santi padri. And: -- Virtu di san Paolo apostolo racolte ... et ornata di cinquanta symboli sacri
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Roma, Nella stamperia di Lodovico Grignani, 1641. . 2 works in 1 vol. Folio (33 x 22 cm) Contemporary vellum, with title printed in gold on the spine. (xx),144,(ii: Catalogo),(ii:blank) and: (viii),(322),(viii),(ii:Registro) pp. (restspots and a few quires browned, due to the paper). With 2 engraved frontispieces: The first one showing St. Paul preaching , surrounded by small engravings showing different events of his life. The second one showing pope Sixtus V, surrounded by 18 historical numismatic medals. Convent stamps verso first frontisp. and on first title, otherwise an attractive copy. Text in Italian, printed in 2 columns, with citations in Latin printed in bold italic.
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SCUDÉRY Georges De.
ANDROMIRE, TRAGI-COMÉDIE.
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Paris Antoine De Sommaville 1641 - in-4, frontispice- 3 ff.n.ch- y-compris le titre-127 pp., br., couverture muette de papier marbré Soleinne : 1070, 1071 Dutertre, Scudéry dramaturge (Paris, Droz, 1988), p. 320Édition originale [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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BERNARDUS CLARÆ-VALLENSIS, SANCTUS (1090-1153)]
Sancti Bernardi Clarævallensis Abbatis Primi Melliflui Ecclesiæ Doctoris, opera omnia, nunc demum in V tomos. digesta. His nunc primum adduntur multa hactenus inedita, epistolarum argumenta, tractatuum in capita distinctiones, lemmata notaeque marginales, novi. indices. Accedunt libri VII vitæ S. Bernardi elogia (author William, abbot of St. Theodore of Rheims). studio et labore Jacobi Merloni Horstii. [Complete works with Appendix in 1 physical volume]
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J. Kinchium, Coloniae agrippinae 1641 - 4to, xviii + 152pp + 272pp + 140pp + 60pp + 384pp + 92pp. Bound in full blind-tooled pigskin with some soiling at edges and a tear to bottom-edge of front cover. Two functioning metal clasps. All edges red. Withdrawn from Mendicant library with minimal marks. Volume is sturdy and usable. Each of the six volumes is prefaced. General light foxing throughout, although some pages are quite bright, others are heavily foxed. Weak joints with a tear to joint and inner margins after the first gathering. Some pages have undergone worming to the lower-right corner, with subsequent repair work. Contains the complete works. Additionally, a general preface, a vita of Saint bernard in seven books, testimony of various Saints and ecclesiastics, a chronology of the works, and an appendix containing the writings of Guerric of Igny and William of Hoyland, disciples of Bernard. [BN#C.729] This listing has been discounted 10% from its original price.
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DIODATI GIOVANNI (TRADUTTORE)
LA SACRA BIBBIA TRADOTTA IN LINGUA ITALIANA, E COMMENTATA DA GIOVANNI DIODATI, DI NATION LUCCHESE. SECONDA EDITIONE, MIGLIORATA ED ACCRESCITA. CON L'AGGIUNTA DE'SACRI SALMI, MESSI IN RIME PER LO MEDESIMO. GINEVRA, PER PIETRO CHOVET, 1641.
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In-folio antico (328x200mm), pp. (4), 837 di testo veterotestamentario, (1) bianca, 331 di testo neotestamentario, 148 + 68 pagg. di libri biblici apocrifi e Salmi. Legatura coeva in p. pelle con tracce di legacci. Fleurons impressi in oro ai piatti. Antiporta incisa su rame da Abraham Bosse con titolo entro cornice architettonica sormontata da un libro emblematico dei testi biblici. Vignetta in xilografia al frontespizio. Tavola dei libri scritturali canonici in principio. Capilettera ornati su legno. Ampie note esegetiche in calce. Consuete bruniture. Bell'esemplare. Rara seconda versione della Bibbia protestante del Diodati, interamente riveduta e di molto ampliata. "Cette edition, assez rare, est meilleure et plus complete que celle de 1607" (Brunet). "Questa seconda edizione... e' una versione dell'eta' matura che costituisce una vera e propria opera letteraria; ...il rispetto degli originali, evidenziato dall'accorgimento di segnalare in corsivo le proprie aggiunte, non impedisce al Diodati di usare tutta la ricchezza che la lingua italiana aveva maturato nella fioritura letteraria dei secoli precedenti, dimostrando grande autonomia e padronanza della lingua...Le non poche varianti tra l'ed. del 1607 e quella del 1641 attestano un maggior approfondimento del testo ebraico e la conoscenza di molti sussidi grammaticali ed esegetici, oltre a una maggior cura dello stile...L'ampliamento dell'apparato esegetico dimostra anche il cambiamento del pubblico cui si rivolgeva la sua traduzione: l'ed. del 1641 ha soprattutto un intento catechetico ed e' rivolta alle famiglie della Chiesa italiana di Ginevra e a tutte le comunita' riformate sparse per il mondo" (La Bibbia a Stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni). Il Diodati (Ginevra, 1576-1649), della celebre famiglia calvinista ginevrina (ma oriunda di Lucca) fu professore di teologia e di lingua ebraica nelle propria citta' ed e' famoso precipuamente per la sua traduzione italiana (1607) e francese (1644) delle Sacre Scritture, condotta direttamente sulle lingue originali. Amico di John Milton e di Paolo Sarpi, compi' una missione e Venezia sollecitandone il distacco dalla Chiesa di Roma e l'adesione al protestantesimo; la sua importantissima versione italiana, apparsa primamente nel 1607, aspramente contrastata nei secoli dai cattolici, fu largamente letta ed ammirata dai Valdesi, soprattutto quelli stanziati nelle valli del Piemonte. La traduzione del Diodati rimase in vigore nella Chiesa Valdese sino al 1924, quando ne venne operata una revisione rimasta poi la versione ufficiale delle Chiese evangeliche italiane. Per l'importanza che ricopri' nel corso dei secoli e per i pregi di stile, essa e' stata non infondatamente accostata alla Bibbia inglese di Re Giacomo e alla Bibbia tedesca di Lutero. Cfr. Zatelli, La Bibbia a Stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, n. 132 e passim. Silvestre, 1134. Gamba, 1799. Ebert, 2269. Darlow & Moule, 5600: "His pure Italian style is not vitiated by French influence". Brunet, I, 895. Graesse, I, 389.
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Heylin (Peter) written under the pseudonym of Robert Hall...
Anglorum, or, An help to English History.
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London. by T and R Cotes for Henry Seile. 1641, first edition. AN IMPERFECT COPY. 12mo (13.5x 8 cms). Bound in a later calf with skiver spine. 379 pages BUT pages 204 to 240 are missing, a total of 36 pages. The title page continues...........Containing a succession of all the Kings of England, and the English-Saxons, the Kings and Princes of Wales, the Kings and Lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight. As also of all the Arch-Bishops, Bishops, Dukes, Marquesses, and Earles, within the said Dominions. In three tables. By Robert Hall, Gent.........................There are a few ink corrections and additions in a contemporary hand and there are some modern pencil notes on the front endpaper. The endpapers are browned and torn. The corners of the binding are scuffed. Internally the text is in reasonably clean readable condition and is a fair copy of the first edition of this scarce title. Ref. Wing H 1713. Photograph available.
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Brathwait, Richard.
English Gentleman; and The English Gentlewoman: Both In one Volume couched, and in one Modell portrayed: to the living glory of their Sexe, the lasting story of their Worth, The.
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London, Printed by I. Dawson. Folio, 284x180mm, 454, 52 pages, in possibly later leather binding, sometime rebacked, with spine relaid. Armorial book-plate of Walter Ambrose Harding designed by M. V. Duffell, 1928, on front pastedown. Engraved title-page with various early examples of penmanship at edges. General title-page, and separate title-pages to each section. Last page of The English Gentleman has marginal ownership inscription of Carew Reynell, dated 1673. His name is also inscribed on the final page of The English Gentlewoman, on the fold-out, and on the final Table where there is also the name of John Shorter, with the same date. Final leaf torn, with some loss, not affecting text. Some damp-staining at head. Strangely, page 425-6 is heavily browned, otherwise contents clean and tight. British Library Shelfmark: G.13664. (Digital photographs may be available on request.)
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Geschichte der Universität Leipzig 1409 - 2009. Band 4 (in 2 Halbbänden): Fakultäten, Institute, Zentrale Einrichtungen.
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- Hrsg. im Auftr. des Rektors der Universität Leipzig Franz Häuser von der Senatskommission zur Erforschung der Leipziger Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2009. 1641 S. Mit zahlr. Abb. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Gebraucht, aber gut erhalten. - Die Universität Leipzig in ihrer wissenschaftsorganisatorischen Entwicklung 1409-2009. Von vier zu vierzehn Fakultäten (Jonas Flöter, Sebastian Kusche) -- THEOLOGISCHE FAKULTÄT (Klaus Fitschen) -- JURISTENFAKULTÄT Rechtswissenschaft (Bernd-Rüdiger Kern) -- FAKULTÄT FÜR GESCHICHTE, KUNST- UND ORIENTWISSENSCHAFTEN Einleitung (Markus A. Denzel, Regina Poser) -- Geschichte (Ulrich von Hehl, Markus Huttner) -- Klassische Archäologie (Hans-Peter Müller) -- Kunstgeschichte (Thomas Topfstedt, Frank Zöllner) -- Kunstpädagogik (Katja Schröter) -- Musikwissenschaft (Sebastian Klotz, Helmut Loos) -- Musikpädagogik (Hans-Jürgen Feurich) -- Theaterwissenschaft (Corinna Kirschstein) -- Afrikanistik (Felix Brahm, Adam Jones) -- Ägyptologie (Hans- W. Fischer-Elfert, Friederike Seyfried) -- Altorientalistik (Michael P. Streck) -- Ethnologie (Katja Geisenhainer) -- Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften (Eli Franco, Manfred Taube) -- Arabistik (Holger Preißler f, Daniel Kinitz) -- Japanologie (Steffi Richter) -- Sinologie (Ralf Moritz) -- Religionswissenschaft (Christian Espig) -- PHILOLOGISCHE FAKULTÄT Einleitung (Anita Steube) -- Amerikanistik (Anja Becker) -- Anglistik (Jürgen Ronthaler, Elmar Schenkel, Beate Seidel) -- Germanistik (Günther Öhlschläger, Ludwig Stockinger) -- Herder-Institut (Margit Ebersbach) -- Klassische Philologie und Komparatistik (Marcus Deufert, Kurt Sier, Foteini Kolovou, Angelika Hoffmann-Maxis) -- Linguistik (Anita Steube) -- Angewandte Linguistik und Translatologie (Eberhard Fleischmann, Anke Lutz) -- Romanistik (Klaus Bochmann, Alfonso de Toro) -- Slawistik (Autorenteam, Leitung: Wolfgang F. Schwarz) -- Sorabistik (Tomasz Derlatka) -- ERZIEHUNGSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT (Jonas Flöter) -- FAKULTÄT FÜR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN UND PHILOSOPHIE Einleitung (Dieter Koop) -- Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft (Arnulf Kutsch) -- Kulturwissenschaften (Hannes Siegrist, Thomas Höpel, Uta Kösser) -- Logik (Lothar Kreiser) -- Philosophie (Klaus-Dieter Eichler) -- Politikwissenschaft (Dieter Koop) -- Soziologie (Dieter Koop) -- WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT (Friedrun Quaas) -- SPORTWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT (Hans-Jörg Kirste, Volker Schürmann, Petra Tzschoppe) -- MEDIZINISCHE FAKULTÄT (Ortrun Riha) -- FAKULTÄT FÜR MATHEMATIK UND INFORMATIK Mathematik (Hans-Joachim Girlich, Karl-Heinz Schlote). Informatik (Siegmar Gerber, Gerhard Heyer) -- FAKULTÄT FÜR BIOWISSENSCHAFTEN, PHARMAZIE UND PSYCHOLOGIE Einleitung (Rainer Schimke) -- Biochemie (Otmar Asperger) -- Botanik (Werner Reißer) -- Zoologie (Wilfried W. Naumann) -- Pharmazie (Erika Mayr, Heidemarie Horn) -- Psychologie (Anneros Meischner-Metge) -- FAKULTÄT FÜR PHYSIK UND GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN Einleitung (Tilman Butz) -- Physik (Dieter Michel, Volker Riede) -- Geowissenschaften (Michael Börngen, Franz Jacobs) -- Geographie (Helga Schmidt) -- FAKULTÄT FÜR CHEMIE UND MINERALOGIE (Autorenteam, Leitung: Lothar Beyer, Helmut Papp) -- VETERINÄRMEDIZINISCHE FAKULTÄT (Franz- Viktor Salomon, Martin Fritz Brumme) -- ZENTRALE EINRICHTUNGEN Universitätsbibliothek (Ulrich Johannes Schneider) -- Universitätsarchiv (Jens Blecher, Gerald Wiemers) -- Kustodie (Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen, Cornelia Junge, Simone Schulz) -- Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig (Josef Haslinger) -- Universitätsrechenzentrum (Carla Friedrich, Ulrich Rohland, Günter Tomaselli). ISBN 9783865833105 Leipzig / Herder-Institut [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS.
Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami: [I] Encomium Moriae, sive Declamatio in Laudem Stultiae. Eiusdem: Libelli de ratione studiorum. [bound with]: [II] De Sarcienda Ecclesiae Concordia, deque sedandis opinionum dissidiis, cum aliis nonnullis lectu dignus . [bound with]: [III] Dialogus Ciciceronianus: sive De optimo genere dicendi. [bound with]: [IV] Consultatio de Bello Turcis inferendo.
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- [I-IV]: Lugduni Batavorum, ex Officina Joannis Maire, [I]: 1641. (iv), 229, 5 blank. [II]: 1642. (viii), 176, 4 blank. [III]: 1643. (viii), 230 pp. [IV]: 1643. 92 pp. In 12mo. 13.5 cm. Contemp. vellum. Deckled edges. Firm binding, but front hinges broken. Very clean and bright interior.
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Hondius, Henricus.
Mappa Æstivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas dictarum...
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Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. 400 x 515mm. Original colour. One of the most decorative maps of Bermuda based on the famous survey by Richard Norwood of the Bermuda Company, also known as the Somers Isles Company in 1618. The map shows the division into the original Tribes, a short-lived name for what became administrative parishes, who were the major shareholders in the company. Also shown are the various landowners, with their names in a table below the map. There are many tiny houses shown on the map, locating settlements, as well as minute cannons marking the defensible points. The map is superimposed over a chart of the Atlantic with the coastlines of Britain, North America and Hispaniola showing the location of Bermuda. Decorated with an exquisite strapwork cartouche, a coat of arms, a medallion and a compass rose.
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PINEAU SEVERIN - BONACIOLI LODOVICO - PLATTER FELIX - GASSENDI PETRUS - SEBITZ MELCHIORRE -
DE INTEGRITATIS ET CORRUPTIONIS VIRGINUM NOTIS : GRAVIDITATE ITEM & PARTU NATURALI MULIERUM, OPUSCOLA. = ENNEAS MULIEBRIS; = DE ORIGINE PARTIUM EARUMQUE IN UTERO CONFORMATIONE. = DE SEPTO CORDIS PERVIO, OBSERVATIO. = DE NOTIS VIRGINATIS. LUGDUNI BATAVORUM, APUD FRANCISCUM HEGERUM, 1641, 24 LEG. PIENA PERGAMENA COEVA, TITOLO MANOSCRITTO AL DORSO, FRONT. FIGURATO INCISO, PP. 298-(40) CON SETTE INC. N.T. E TRE IN TAV. RIP. F.T. IN OTTIMO STATO. SI TRATTA DI CINQUE FAMOSI TRATTATI DI GINECOLOGIA ED OSTETRICIA, VERTENTI SPECIALMENTE SULLA VERGINITA' FEMMINILE, PIU' VOLTE RISTAMPATI MA SEMPRE ASSAI RICERCATI ANCHE PERCHE' MOLTE EDIZIONI (LA PRIMA E' DEL 1939) FURONO SEQUESTRATE PER LA FRANCA (PER I TEMPI) DISCUSSIONE SULLA VERGINITA' FEMMINILE E SUI MODI DI PERDERLA. INOLTRE VI E' L'IMPORTANTISSIMO LAVORO DI GASSENDI (*****DEMONSTRATED THE VESTIGIAL FORAMEN OVALE IN THE ADULT HEART, SETTLING THE QUESTION OF THE PERVIOUSNESS OF THE SEPTUM OF THE HEART. HIS WORK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN ONE VOL
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UME WITH THAT OF THREE OTHERS, THE FIRST BEING BY PINAEUS***** (GARRISON MORTON, 802) - BETHESDA, 9010 - WALLER, 7450. IN ITALIA CENSITO SOLO DA DUE BIBLIOTECHE, UNIVERSITARIE ENTRAMBE.
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DAILLE Jean J.
De la creance des peres sur le fait des images.
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Edition originale. Relativement rare. L'edition latine paraitra l'annee suivante. §Demi Basane glace aubergine XIXe. Dos lisse a filets legerement eclairci et frotte. §Interessant travail de Jean Daille sur le statut de l'image au sein du christianisme, son histoire chez les peres de l'eglise durant les premiers siecles, le pour et le contre de la dissension qui a anime l'eglise au cours d'une grande partie de son histoire.Photos sur www.Edition-originale.com. chez Jean de Tournes. A Geneve _1641 petit in 8 (17,5x11,5cm) 596pp. relie
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Johann Buxtorf
Synagoga Judaica, Auspiciis Authoris Jam Olim Latinitate Donata, Nunc Primum in Vulgus Emissa
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Basel: Ludovici Konig, 1641. Octavo, 10 x 17 cm. *-**8, A-Ii8. Full contemporary calf, spine with gilt tooling and a morocco label. Text in Latin and Hebrew. Binding worn, with some some loss at the head and tail of the spine. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Page edges foxed. Incorrect date of printing written in ink at the head of the title page. Good condition. This edition was edited by Johann Buxtorf the Younger. Holzmann 8551, OCLC 16114111. BH/kb/beh [Publisher: KONIG]
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Jansson, Maija
Proceedings in the Opening Session of the Long Parliament
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd - This last volume of Proceedings in the Opening Session of the Long Parliament covers the period from 19 July through 9 September 1641. Both houses were by now growing thin as weary lords and commoners began to leave London for families in the countryside, knowing they would be back in the city by October. The king left for Edinburgh in August, not to return until autumn. In closing up for the recess the parliamentary body lost nothing of the w ork started, even while negotiating the final arrangements for peace with Scotland. The reader is again struck by the committee structure and the means for handling personal and somewhat private naturalization bills while at the s ame time keeping on track the major public bills regarding episcopacy and the nature of the Council and courts. Maija Jansson is director of the Yale Center for Parliamentary History. Condition: Brand new (not pre-owned). Binding: Year first printed: 2005. ISBN: 9781580462181. Volume in series: 6
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Diodati Giovanni (traduttore)
La Sacra Bibbia tradotta in lingua Italiana, e commentata da Giovanni Diodati, di nation Lucchese. Seconda Editione, migliorata ed accrescita. Con l'aggiunta de'Sacri Salmi, messi in rime per lo medesimo.
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per Pietro Chovët,, Ginevra, 1641 - In-folio antico (328x200mm), pp. (4), 837 di testo veterotestamentario, (1) bianca, 331 di testo neotestamentario, 148 + 68 pagg. di libri biblici apocrifi e Salmi. Legatura coeva in p. pelle con tracce di legacci. Fleurons impressi in oro ai piatti. Antiporta incisa su rame da Abraham Bosse con titolo entro cornice architettonica sormontata da un libro emblematico dei testi biblici. Vignetta in xilografia al frontespizio. Tavola dei libri scritturali canonici in principio. Capilettera ornati su legno. Ampie note esegetiche in calce. Consuete bruniture. Bell'esemplare. Rara seconda versione della Bibbia protestante del Diodati, interamente riveduta e di molto ampliata. "Cette édition, assez rare, est meilleure et plus complète que celle de 1607" (Brunet). "Questa seconda edizione. è una versione dell'età matura che costituisce una vera e propria opera letteraria; .il rispetto degli originali, evidenziato dall'accorgimento di segnalare in corsivo le proprie aggiunte, non impedisce al Diodati di usare tutta la ricchezza che la lingua italiana aveva maturato nella fioritura letteraria dei secoli precedenti, dimostrando grande autonomia e padronanza della lingua.Le non poche varianti tra l'ed. del 1607 e quella del 1641 attestano un maggior approfondimento del testo ebraico e la conoscenza di molti sussidi grammaticali ed esegetici, oltre a una maggior cura dello stile.L'ampliamento dell'apparato esegetico dimostra anche il cambiamento del pubblico cui si rivolgeva la sua traduzione: l'ed. del 1641 ha soprattutto un intento catechetico ed è rivolta alle famiglie della Chiesa italiana di Ginevra e a tutte le comunità riformate sparse per il mondo" (La Bibbia a Stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni). Il Diodati (Ginevra, 1576-1649), della celebre famiglia calvinista ginevrina (ma oriunda di Lucca) fu professore di teologia e di lingua ebraica nelle propria città ed è famoso precipuamente per la sua traduzione italiana (1607) e francese (1644) delle Sacre Scritture, condotta direttamente sulle lingue originali. Amico di John Milton e di Paolo Sarpi, compì una missione e Venezia sollecitandone il distacco dalla Chiesa di Roma e l'adesione al protestantesimo; la sua importantissima versione italiana, apparsa primamente nel 1607, aspramente contrastata nei secoli dai cattolici, fu largamente letta ed ammirata dai Valdesi, soprattutto quelli stanziati nelle valli del Piemonte. La traduzione del Diodati rimase in vigore nella Chiesa Valdese sino al 1924, quando ne venne operata una revisione rimasta poi la versione ufficiale delle Chiese evangeliche italiane. Per l'importanza che ricoprì nel corso dei secoli e per i pregi di stile, essa è stata non infondatamente accostata alla Bibbia inglese di Re Giacomo e alla Bibbia tedesca di Lutero. Cfr. Zatelli, La Bibbia a Stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, n. 132 e passim. Silvestre, 1134. Gamba, 1799. Ebert, 2269. Darlow & Moule, 5600: "His pure Italian style is not vitiated by French influence". Brunet, I, 895. Graesse, I, 389. [Attributes: Soft Cover]
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OSSAT (Arnaud d'), 1537 - 1604
LETTRES DE L'ILLUSTRISSIME ET REVERENDISSIME CARDINAL DOSSAT, EVEQUE DE BAYEUX, AU ROY HENRY LE GRAND, & A MONSEIGNEUR DE VILLEROY, DEPUIS L'ANNEE M. D. XCIV, JUSQUES A L'ANNEE MIL SIX CENT QUATRE. DERNIERE EDITION (SUIVIE DE) ADDITION DE QUELQUES LETTRES DE L'ILLUSTRISSIME CARDINAL DOSSAT, PAR LUI DRESSEES SOUS LE NOM DE L'ILLUSTRISSIME CARDINAL DE JOYEUSE, ENSEMBLE TROIS LETTRES DU PAPE CLEMENT VIII, L'UNE AU DUC DE LORRAINE, L'AUTRE AU DUC DE BAR SON FILS, & L'AUTRE A MADAME SOEUR UNIQUE DU ROY HENRY IIII.
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A Paris, Chez Michel Blageart, 1641. in-folio : 892 pp. , 4 ff. ; portrait grave en frontispice, decor de bandeaux, culs-de-lampe et nombreuses lettrines graves (papier parfois un peu roussi, quelques cernes de mouillures, & petites galeries de vers marginales sans gravite ; le frontispice presente une petite dechirure sans manque). veau brun a coins recouverts de velin, dos orne a nerfs, titre dore, listel dore autour des plats (bonne reparation ancienne aux coiffes - reliure de l'epoque, coins velin posterieurs). BON EXEMPLAIRE DE CETTE EDITION 17EME DES LETTRES DU CARDINAL D'OSSAT, CLASSIQUE DE LA DIPLOMATIE (cette edition ne figure pas au Catalogue BN-OPALE PLUS). DES PHOTOGRAPHIES NUMERIQUES SONT DISPONIBLES PAR E-MAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE - WE CAN SEND PICTURES OF BOOKS ON SIMPLE REQUEST.
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Louvois, Marquis De, Francois Michel Le Tellier (1641-1691).
Letter Signed, Regarding the Annexation of a New Room to the Hospital
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Versailles, December 7, 1689. -One-and-a-quarter pages with over 80 words penned in French on both sides of a 12-3/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet. In reply to a letter of November 30th, the Marquis de Louvois writes that the King is in favor of annexing a new room to the hospital since there is insufficient room to house all of the sick. Signed "Louvois". Annotated in ink at the top of an attached blank leaf "Lettre du Mqrs de Louvois du 7 Decembre, concernant la nouvelle Salle de l'hospital". Folded, else near fine. Francois-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641-1691; though sometimes his birth date is given as 1639). French Secretary of State for War to King Louis XIV who, with his father, increased the French army to 400, 000 soldiers. Louvois succeeded his father as war minister in 1666. Turenne, recognizing his talent during the War of Devolution, instructed him in the art of providing armies. During the brief years of peace which lasted from 1668 to 1672, Louvois devoted himself to organizing and building the French army by enrolling the nobility and gentry into its ranks. He reorganized the order of merit and founded the Hotel des Invalides. The changes brought about by Louvois led to French victories in the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78). Louvois played major roles in the capture of Strasbourg and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Indeed, Louvois is credited with inventing the dragonnades, a policy that sought to intimidate Huguenots families into either leaving France or converting to Roman Catholicism by billeting especially troublesome dragoons within Protestant households. Louvois' sudden death in 1691 was accompanied by suspicions that he may have been poisoned.
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Hooker, Thomas
The Danger of Desertion: or A Farewell Sermon
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London: Printed by G.M. for George Edwards, 1641. First edition. 4to. [iv], 29, [1] pp. Modern full green morocco, gilt turn- ins, a.e.g. Some soiling along margins. Small repaired hole to pp. 27-8. Wing H2645 . A sermon preached by the founder of Connecticut
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[Bible: Hebrew, Later Prophets]
[Hebrew Title] Navi'im Acharonim
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Venice:: Giovanni Calleoni, , 1641.. Modern 1/2 blue morocco over cloth boards, spine gilt; t.p. laminated with losses at edges; dampstains, worming mostly marginal until at end (18+) leaves it causes some text losses, repairs of holes caused by worming and marginal supports; some tears unrepaired [20]1 with two long tears; some old pen marks; last leaf has coner loss (with text loss).. Square 8vo.. Woodcut t.p.with three lion head printer's device, architectural surround with the tablets of the law at top and figures at side; head-pieces. Very rare separate section of the Old Testament in Hebrew. Despite its medicore condition, it is a very scarce example of this printer's work.(See Amram p375 for his relationship to the Vendramin-Bragadini press). Instituto Centrale Per Il Catalogo Unico, Biblia, 1737 finds Vol. 1 pt 3 (only), 1640 at the Biblioteca Anelica. Not found in Cowley, Zedner, Steinschneider, Vinograd, Le Long, BL 17th Italian, D & M, OCLC, RLIN, KVK.
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Downing, Calybute.
A Sermon Preached to the Renowned Company of the Artillery, 1 September, 1640. Designed to Compose the Present Troubles, by Discovering the Enemies of the Peace of the Church and State. Published by the Honourable House of Commons.
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London: [Prin]ted by E[dward] G[riffin] for John Rothwell, 1641 First edition. Small 4to, removed, [6], 29 [i.e., 39] pages. Small flaw to the title; some light staining; a little nibbling along the upper edge, with loss to the border (but not touching text); a good, sound copy. Britain's internal enemies will "Call other men Traitors, when they themselves are the rankest Rebels; render religious Christians as ill affected civill subjects: and revile the wisdome, conscience, and representation of a State in Parliament, as a Faction, a Combination, a pack of *Puritans*; but wee hope before long, the word *Puritan* shall prove a good name, when some of theirs may degenerate." A watershed sermon from Downing (1606-1644), preached in defiance of the established order; among other arguments congenial to the view of the Commons is his claim that in defense of religion and reformation it is lawful to take up arms against the king. Instance of small contemporary marginal autograph mark. Bound without leaf A2, as seems to be the case in most copies (viz. the copies noted in Thomason, McAlpin, DFo, CSmH, and the Honourable Artillery Company's copy). Final leaf repaired. Wing D-2105; McAlpin Collection II, page 32; Thomason E.157 (4).
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ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS
Querela pacis, vndique gentium ejectae, profligataeque
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Lugduni Batavorum [i.e. Leiden], 1641. 12mo, pp. 76; woodcut printer's device on title; originally written in 1517 when the "Congress of Kings" met, hoping to preserve peace throughout Europe during a period of religious and social strife. Bound with: Des. Erasmi Roterodami Consultatio de bello Turcis inferendo. Opus cum cura recens editum, Lugduni Batavorum: ex Officino Ioannis Maire, 1643, pp. 91; woodcut printer's device on title; first published in 1530, with title: Utilissima consultatio de bello Turcis inferendo. Bound with: Enchiridon militis Christiani, auctore Desiderio Erasmo Roterodamo. Lugduni Batavorum: ex Officino Ioannis Maire, 1641, pp. 330; woodcut printer's device on title. together, 3 vols in 1, contemporary past-paper boards lettered in ink on spine, yapp edges, and the whole uncut.
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Johann Buxtorf
Synagoga Judaica, Auspiciis Authoris Jam Olim Latinitate Donata, Nunc Primum in Vulgus Emissa
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Basel: Ludovici Konig, 1641. Octavo, 10 x 17 cm. *-**8, A-Ii8. Full contemporary calf, spine with gilt tooling and a morocco label. Text in Latin and Hebrew. Binding worn, with some some loss at the head and tail of the spine. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Page edges foxed. Incorrect date of printing written in ink at the head of the title page. Good condition. This edition was edited by Johann Buxtorf the Younger. Holzmann 8551, OCLC 16114111. BH/kb/beh [Publisher: KONIG]
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Kst.- Karte, v. M. Merian aus Garzoni, Piazza Universale, "Typus orbis Terrarum".
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. um 1641, 16,8 x 24,7. WELTKARTE ( World ):Rare! Shirley, Mapping of the world, Nr. 356 A. - Seltene Weltkarte in 2 Hemispären, mit Californien als Inseldarstellung. In den Ecken oben Mond und Sonne, am unteren Rand Allegorien zu den 4 Elementen.
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DELLA MARRA FERRANTE.
DISCORSO DELLE FAMIGLIE ESTINTE, FORASTIERE, O NON COMPRESE NE' SEGGI DI NAPOLI, IMPARENTATE COLLA CASA DELLA MARRA, COMPOSTI DAL SIGNOR D. F. D.M. DUCA DELLA GUARDIA, DATI IN LUCE DA DON CAMILLO TUTINI NAPOLITANO. IN NAPOLI APPR. OTTAVIO BELTRANO 1641
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4, pp.(12) 429-1 b (in realta' 469) con 80 splendidi stemmi delle famiglie xil. e molti finalini xil., il vol. presenta numerosi errori di numer.: tra le pp.36-37 sono poste 5 cc. numerate XXXVI-XLI; tra le pp.40-41 e' posta 1 c. (che nel nostro esempl. mancava e abbiamo fotocopiato su c. antica da un altro esempl., essenziale per il testo, ma non compresa ne' nella segnatura, ne' dal numero delle pagg.); da p.40 sono inserite 9 cc. numerate 41-49, da p.49 ricomincia la numeraz. come pagg.; da p.124 sono poste 4 cc. numer. 125 -128 e da p.129 ricomincia la numeraz. come pagg.; da p.276 sono inserite 6 cc. numerate 277-280 e CCLXXIX-CCLXXX; so-no saltati i num.di pp.289-290 pur essendo completi il testo e la se-gnatura. Le famiglie sono corredata da 80 stemmi xilogr. (uno per ogni famiglia) e numerosi finalini xilogr. P. perg. coeva, tit. calligr. al dor. Dedicatoria dell'A. a Ferdinando II granduca di Toscana. Tarlo al marg. int. bianco. Fioriture dovute al tipo di carta. Antiche note non deturpanti ai margg. Sono descritte 80 famiglie: Acciaiuoli, Acerno o Belcadro, Adimari,Alagni, Alneto, Andrei,Artus, Avezzano, Assanti, Avella,Aquino, Balzo, Baro e Altamura, Bevagna, Bisceglia, Brunella, Burgaella, Capitignani, Caputi, Carbone, Castelli, Cauda, Comite, Conti o Ceccani, Cotigni o Bisaccia, Diano, Dragoni o Balbani, Fasanella, Fossacieca o Caracciola, Franco, Frangipani della Tolfa, Gaetana, Galarda, Grandinati, Grappina, Grimaldi, Luco, Macris, Malacarne o Caris, Maletta, Mansella, Maramonte, Marchese, Marescalla, Marramalda, Marzana, Matera, Montefuscolo, Morano, Moresca o Aldomoresca, Negri, Oppido, Orsina, Palagana, Pietravalida, Pipina, Pisanella, Ponte, Ponziaco, Ratta, Roggiero, Ruffa, Rufola, Sandionigi, Sangineto, Sangiorgi, Santangelo, Santacroce, Santomango, Scillata, Siginolfa, Spinella di Giovenazzo, Stendarda, Sus, Tarsia, Taurisano, Tricarico, Ugot, Visconti di Tremblaio e Lautrico, Yserio. [Haym p.178 n.4. Spreti 2179: "In questa op. importante, l'A. fa la storia di 90 (?) famiglie imparentate colla casa Della Marra, corredate da' rispettivi stemmi"].
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FERDINANDO
Don, 1609-1641, Cardinal, brother of Philip IV of Spain, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands) AN signed ‘F’, in Spanish, with transcription,
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- saying "let this Report be produced to the Privy Council so that they may give their opinion", identification in pencil in an old hand, 1 side 8½" x 6" and conjugate blank, no place, no date, in another hand at top 1641
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RICCIULLI, Antonio (1582-1642).
Tractatus de Personis quae in Statu Reprobo versantur, videlicet: De Blasphemis, Meretricibus, Concubinis, Laenonibus, Histrionibus atque Circulatoribus, Personatis, Choraeis atque Tripudiis, Zingaris seu Aegyptiacis, Vagis, Lusoribus, Delatoribus, Lictoribus atque Carnifice. Opus usui forensi accommodatum, facili elegantique methodo dispositum.
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Napoli: Neapoli, excudebat Robertus Mollus, expensis Ioaani Dominici Montanarii, 1641. Folio; portada a dos tintas, 8 hojas, 292 pp., 24 hojas. Encuadernación en piel, de la época, con gofrados en seco en los planos y lomera ornada. Un fabuloso cuadro de costumbres del tambien Siglo de Oro Napolitano, bien hispano igualmente, obra de un ilustradísimo clérigo y jurista, obispo y abogado de la Curia Romana, Viceregente de Roma y Ministro General de la Santa Inquisición en el Reino de Nápoles. La galería completa del hampa, los pícaros y marginados de cualquier género: desde los cómicos y las prostitutas a los gitanos y sicarios de la camorra. Jurídica & Historia del Derecho - Impresos del Siglo 17 - Italia - Inquisición - Delitos y penas - Erótica - Antropología & Etnografía - España, Siglo(s) de Oro - Gitanos - Historiografía y fuentes - Mujer - Picaresca - Teatro & Escénica
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[Parsons, Robert, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Rogers, attribs]
Leycesters Common-wealth: Conceived, Spoken and Published with Most Earnest protestation of all Dutifull good will and affection towards this Realm, for whose good onely, it is made common to many
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[London.:]: [N.P.],, 1641.. Modern marbled-boards, rubbed, title on paper-label; old signature "Kath. Ayloffe" on t.p., t.p. soiled and creased vertically, upper right corner off with no text affected, minor damp and mold stains.. 4to.. In the same year Leicester was held up to the nation's detestation in an anonymous pamphlet, first issued at Antwerp as OThe copye of a letter wryten by a Master of Arte at Cambridge,O but better known as O Leicester's Commonwealth.O The author, who is assumed on highly doubtful grounds to be the jesuit Parsons, tried to prove that the ancient constitution of the realm was practically subverted, and that the government of the country had been craftily absorbed by Leicester, whose character was that of an inhuman monster. All offices of trust were, it was alleged, in his hands or those of his relations. The corporation of Leicester replied to these charges by entertaining the earl at an elaborate banquet on Thursday 18 June, while he was staying with his sister, the Countess of Huntingdon. Sir Philip Sidney, Leicester's nephew, circulated a vindication of his uncle and his family (printed by Collins in the OSydney PapersO). On 26 June 1585 Elizabeth issued an order in council forbidding the book's circulation, and asserting on her own knowledge that its charges were false. As an historical authority it certainly has no weight, but as an indication of the hatred that Leicester had succeeded in exciting, it is of importance to his biographer. "DNB Wing L968. Thomason E197[2]. ESTC r9399.
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BALZAC (Jean-Louis GUEZ Seigneur de)
Oeuvres. Lettres.
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- Paris 1641-1642, Pierre ROCOLET ; 3 tomes en 3 vol. de 1 portrait gravé en front., 1 p. de titre, XVII ff. n. ch. de dédicace et de préface, 718 pp. ; 1 portrait gravé en front., 1 p. de titre gravée d'un vaisseau, 6 ff. n. ch., 608 pp. ; 704 pp. (titre gravé compris dans la pagination, rel. XIXe plein velin ivoire à rabats, dos lisses ornés de motifs dorés à l'ancienne, pièces de titre et de tomaisons en mar. marron, dates en pied, tranches dorées, plats ornés d'un large motif doré central, surmonté d'une tête de Minerve dorée, bel exemplaire 10 e édition pour le 1er volume parue pour la 1re fois en 1627, les vol. suivants constituant la seconde partie de l'ouvrage, contient la 3e édition des lettres parues chez le même éditeur en 1636 en édition originale. Les 2 portraits de l'auteur sont à la date de 1639. Le relieur a conservé en tête du 1er vol. une inscription datée de Paris 1642 indiquant que l'ouvrage a été payé 4 francs au Palais. Un possesseur suivant a ajouté une note manuscrite sur l'auteur datée de 1730 [Attributes: Signed Copy]
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Henrico Caterino DAVILA
Historia della Guerre Civili di Francia
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Title page woodcut, 1054pp., thick 8vo, contemporary full calf, raised bands (part of front hinge and spine ends repaired). Venetia: (no publisher), 1641. This work describes the religious civil wars in France which occurred between the years 1559 and 1597. The first edition was published in Venice in [Publisher: see notes for publisher info]
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BACON, FRANCIS LORD VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS.:
THE HISTORIE OF THE REIGNE OF KING HENRY THE SEVENTH. Whereunto is now added a very usefull and necessary Table.
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London, 1641. Third edition, printed by R. Y. and R. H.. and are sold by R. Meighen, 1641. Folio, 290 x 190 mm, 11¼ x 7¼ inches, frontispiece portrait of Bacon engraved by William Marshall in 1640, engraved title page with architectural border, pages (16), 248, bound in modern quarter calf over marbled sides, gilt rules and lettering to spine, all edges red. Occasional light foxing, a couple of pages foxed all over, a little light brown staining in a couple of places, no loss of text, pale damp stain to lower margin on 30 pages towards the end, another on inner margins of last 10 pages, final page dusty and slightly soiled. A very good tight copy. Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) (later Lord Verulam and the Viscount St. Albans) was a lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, intellectual reformer, philosopher, and champion of modern science. Early in his career he claimed "all knowledge" as his province and afterwards dedicated himself to a wholesale revaluation and re-structuring of traditional learning. To take the place of the established tradition (a miscellany of Scholasticism, humanism, and natural magic), he proposed an entirely new system based on empirical and inductive principles and the active development of new arts and inventions, a system whose ultimate goal would be the production of practical knowledge for "the use and benefit of men" and the relief of the human condition. At the same time that he was founding and promoting this new project for the advancement of learning, Bacon was also moving up the ladder of state service. His career aspirations had been largely disappointed under Elizabeth I, but with the ascension of James his political fortunes rose. Knighted in 1603, he was then steadily promoted to a series of offices, including Solicitor General (1607), Attorney General (1613), and eventually Lord Chancellor (1618). While serving as Chancellor, he was indicted on charges of bribery and forced to leave public office. He then retired to his estate where he devoted himself full time to his continuing literary, scientific, and philosophical work. He died in 1626, leaving behind a cultural legacy that included most of the foundation for the triumph of technology and for the modern world as it is currently known. This account of the life of Henry VII is Bacon's only historical work, first published in 1622. Images sent on request.
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