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Nottingham, Heneage Finch, Earl of, complier
[An exact and most impartial accompt of the indictment, arraignment, trial, and judgment (according to law) of nine and twenty regicides, the murtherers of His late sacred Majesty of most glorious memory: began at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday, the 9th. of Octobe
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[London:]: [Andrew Cook & Edward Powell,], [1660].. 19th c. cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Hinges beginning to split at head of spine. Red speckled edges.T.p. soiled , right margin and top corner repaired; holes with slight loss of text. A gathering missing. First few leaves soiled. Browning, dampstains. Last few leaves soiled. Text incomplete. . 4to.. Nottingham, 1621!82, lord chancellor of England. He took no part in the politics of the English civil war, but in 1660 he entered Parliament and became solicitor general, serving as prosecutor at the trial of the regicides. He became attorney general in 1670 and lord chancellor in 1675. He was created earl of Nottingham in 1681. In an age of corruption he added to his reputation as an able lawyer that of a statesman of integrity. He is remembered by lawyers for his just and systematic administration of equity." [Columbia Ency.] Wing N1403. ESTC r202957. Lowndes 2067.
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FABULAE AESOPI GRAECE ET LATINE, Nunc Denuo Selectae: Eae Item, Quas Avienus Carmine Expressit. Accedit Ranarum & Murium Pugna, Homero Olim Adscripta. Cum Elegantissimis in Utroque Libello Figuris... Editio Novissim a Plurimis Mendis Repurgata
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Apud Aegidium Janssonium Valckenier. Amsterdam: Apud Aegidium Janssonium Valckenier.. 1660. Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 80;(81)-158,(2)pp. The first part, the Fables, is double text in Greek and Latin. The second part, a commentary on the fables is also printed in Greek & Latin. Illustrated with 47 text woodcuts (2" x 2-1/2"). Later calf, gilt, minor rubbing. 13 of the first 14 woodcuts have been partially colored in light brown. Title page a bit soiled.
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Spencer, J.
THE RIGHTEOUS RULER
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Cambridge, 1660. - Three parts bound in one 200pp volume. Original calf. Lacking backstrip, badly shaken and boards loose, otherwise a clean copy. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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RUBEO, FR. (Rossi, Franc.)
Nocturnae exercitationes in medicas historias quae plurimum conducunt ad artem praedicendi in morbis acutis. Auctore Francisco Rubeo Medico ,,, Joannes GARMERS denuò edidit & Praefationem notasq & indicem accuratum adjunxit.
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Hamburgi, Typis Pfeifferianus, sumptibus Joh. Naumanni, 1660. Sm. 8 vo. Small woodc. vignet on title, title in red and black. Contemp. full clf., spine rebacked in a lighter clf., original spine laid down; edges of covers rubbed, corners rubbed & (1 x) dam.) [)(8, )()(8, X1 [blank], A-Z8, 2A-I8, 2K3, C4 & C5 {cancels], 2K4, X1]. (XXXII, II (blank), 489, I-XXIX [index lvs.], IV [=2 cancels]. [pp. 39 - 42 cancelled but not removed; cancellanda placed here between kk3 & 4], II (index page XXX & XXXI)] pp.), I (Errata, verso blank) pp.). (All edges red.). (First 2 quires [=prelims] righthand margin a bit shorter, probably cancels.). (Upper free endp. missing.). (Engraved bookplate "Hopetoun" on upper paste down.). (Browned at edges.).
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GASTRONOMIE ERRESALDE, P;
Nouveaux secrets rares et curieux, Donnés Charitablement au public par une personne de condition.
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"Paris Loyson 1660 ""In-12 de 10 ff. n.ch. et 280 pp. ch.; veau brun, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque)."" ""Edition originale. Petit ouvrage rare, qui fut réimprimé en 1669, dédié à de Siffredy qui était maître d'hôtel ordinaire de la reine Marie-Thérèse. Il contient non seulement des remèdes médicaux, mais aussi des """"Secrets pour la conservation de la Beauté des Dames"""" et """"une nouvelle manière pour faire toutes sortes de confitures, tant seiches que liquides."""" Dos fané et mouillures dans un angle de quelques feuillets.""-"
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Trinity apocalypse (Die Trinity-Apokalypse) Fine Facsimile Illuminated Edition of 13th Century
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Faksimile Verlag Luzern Faksimile Verlag Luzern. New. Hardcover. pTrinity Apocalypse 13th century - Trinity College, Cambridge, MS. R.16.2/ppThe Most Famous Gothic Apocalypse /ppMagnificently Illuminated Manuscript from the Early Gothic Period/ppThe most splendid manuscript of the Revelation to John that Gothic art brought forth has been preserved for centuries in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Since 1660 the Trinity Apocalypse, which originated in the mid-thirteenth century, has belonged to this valuable collection. Its richly coloured miniatures embellished with finely tooled gold are unparalleled among English apocalypses. But not only the rich decoration is exceptional: the French version of the Revelation with an exegesis of John's visions adapted especially to this manuscript is one of a kind. /ppA Book of Inspiration/ppApocalypses are prophecies about the end of time and the Last Judgement made known in wondrous ways. Divinations of this kind occurred again and again, but the Revelation to John is the only one included in the New Testament. Using mysterious images and striking language, John describes the end of the world and the Last Judgement. Yet terror is not the focus of this vision: the Revelation to John is a book of consolation and inspiration. /ppLavish Splendour with Finely Tooled Gold/ppEven amongst the splendid English apocalypses, the magnificent Trinity Apocalypse stands out as the culmination of manuscript illumination in the Early Gothic period. The rich decoration of this codex is unique. Seventy-one large-format miniatures with over one hundred individual pictures on sixty-two pages and a lavish use of tooled gold leaf contribute to the splendour and beauty of this manuscript. The intense effect that radiates from the miniatures is achieved by the harmonious combination of colours. The expert use of a wide variety of colours, such as ultramarine and indigo in the blue tones, at times soft and then again brilliant, create the impression of movement and liveliness. The use of silver, now oxidized, and the rich application of gold contribute to the magical splendour of the Trinity Apocalypse /ppA Picture Book of the Revelation to John/ppEach of the more than hundred pictures of the Trinity Apocalypse was painted with the greatest attention to detail. Since all of John's visions are portrayed in the miniatures, it is as if the reader is paging through a picture book of the Book of Revelations. The artists have succeeded to an unusual degree in creating an individualistic portrayal of all the figures in the miniatures. The expressive faces of the figures inevitably invite the viewer to pause and reflect. /ppDramatic as the Adventures from a Romance of Knighthood/ppIn many of the miniatures illustrating John's visions, kings, knights and noblewomen, all splendidly armed and attired, appear. Portrayed with great dramatic power, they could be part of a romance of chivalry. The richly embellished illuminations and the depiction of the chivalric ideal underpin the hypothesis that the codex was intended for the highest aristocratic circles. The courtly lady who is frequently depicted in the miniatures is thought to be the patron of the Trinity Apocalypse. Scholars assume that it is Eleanore of Provence, the wife of King Henry III. Perhaps it was she who had the splendid manuscript embellished with gold leaf. /ppJohn's Vita: An Innovative Idea Becomes a Model/ppThe Trinity Apocalypse begins and ends with a picture gallery, framed with resplendent gold borders, illustrating the story of John's life. The idea of framing the Revelation to John with the vita of the author was an absolute innovation in the history of book illumination. The idea became so popular that all English Apocalypse manuscripts of the late thirteenth century followed this new form. In no other version, however, is the description of John's wondrous deeds as enthralling and, with its eleven pages, as detailed as in the Trinity Apocalypse. /ppThe Fine Art Facsimile Edition/ppThe Trinity Apocalypse is the most magnificent specimen in a long series of English apocalypse manuscripts. This richly decorated codex with an imposing format of 432 ! 305 mm on 62 pages is published by Faksimile Verlag Luzern in a worldwide limited fine art facsimile edition of 980 hand-numbered copies. As in the original, each of the 71 large-format miniatures is framed with a border of resplendent gold. In the illustrations, areas of lavishly tooled gold and silver add striking highlights. The facsimile provides a perfect reproduction of this sumptuous palette with its fine nuances. The fine art facsimile is protected by a white cover of goat leather embossed with gold, masterly executed by the bookbinder. The front and back cover is decorated with the coat of arms of the English royal family. /ppThe Commentary as a Guide to the Manuscript/ppDr. David McKitterick, Librarian at Trinity College, is editor and co-author of the commentary. Further contributions, including a translation of the Old French text, are provided by Professors Nigel Morgan, University of Oslo, Professor Ian Short, University of London and Dr. Teresa Webber, Trinity College, Cambridge. To protect the facsimile edition, it is furnished with an acrylic slip case. /ppThe documentation portfolio contains four facsimile pages in the original format and a 16-page illustrated brochure. This portfolio is provided upon request. /p .
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ARETIN, Piétro Aretino, dit l';
Capricciosi e piacevoli Ragionamenti. Nuova editione. Concerte postille, che spianano e dichiarano evidentemente i luoghi e le parole più oscure e più difficili dell'opera.
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Stampati in Cosmopoli [Leyde, Jean Elzevier], 1660 - In-12 de 541 pp., 1 f. bl., 38 pp., veau havane, dos à nerfs, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Edition la plus belle et la plus recherchée dit Brunet (I, 412). C'est la première donnée par les Elzevier. Il existe une seconde édition, moins bien imprimée, qui se distingue notamment par la forme des "z" dans les notes marginales (voir la longue notice de Willems). Sous la forme d'un dialogue entre une femme d'expérience et une jeune fille, l'Arétin dresse un tableau cru, cynique, des escroqueries qui font de la prostitution un métier lucratif. Au final, le bilan est clair : seul l'amour vénal garantira un avenir à la jeune fille. "Pierre l'Arétin" disait Maupassant, "fut tout simplement un journaliste, un journaliste italien du XVIe siècle, un grand homme, un admirable sceptique, un prodigieux contempteur de rois, le plus surprenant des aventuriers, qui sut jouer, en maître artiste, de toutes les faiblesses, de tous les vices, de tous les ridicules de l'humanité, un parvenu de génie doué de toutes les qualités natives qui permettent à un être de faire son chemin par tous les moyens, d'obtenir tous les succès, et d'être redouté, loué et respecté à l'égal d'un Dieu, malgré les audaces les plus éhontées. Ce compatriote de Machiavel et des Borgia semble être le type vivant de Panurge qui réunit en lui toutes les bassesses et toutes les ruses, mais qui possède à un tel point l'art d'utiliser ces défauts répugnants qu'il impose le respect et commande l'admiration." Comme il se doit, l'exemplaire est bien complet de la Puttana errante, ici en seconde édition dont le style beaucoup plus cru que celui des Ragionamenti a fait beaucoup pour la réputation sulfureuse de l'un des premiers défricheurs modernes de la littérature érotique. De la bibliothèque Escande de Messières, avec ex-libris. Willems, Les Elzevier, 858.
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Douze Clefs de Philosophie (Les).
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chez Pierre Moët, A Paris 1660 - 3 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de 176-196-64 pp., basane brune granitée, dos orné à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Deuxième édition de la traduction française, la plus recherchée en raison de la qualité de son illustration. Traité généralement attribué au moine allemand Basilius Valentinus qui aurait vécu au XVe siècle, et parfois à l'occultiste Johann Thölde qui en donna la première édition, en allemand, en 1599. La première traduction française parut en 1624, mais illustrée de bois de piètre facture. Imprimés ici à la suite, comme il se doit, le traité alchimique Azoth ou le moyen de faire l'or caché des philosophes, attribué au même Basilius Valentinus, et le Traicté de la nature de l'oeuf des philosophes attribué à Bernard le Trévisan. Belle illustration ésotérique : le traité des Douze clefs est orné de 14 planches hors texte gravées sur cuivre dont 13 signées par Jean Gobille, et d'un bois gravé dans le texte. L'Azoth est illustré de 15 bois dans le texte dont un au titre. Rare exemplaire complet de ses trois parties et de ses planches. Coiffes restaurées. Bibliotheca esoterica, 5029 ; Caillet, 798, 802 et 1043 ; Duveen, p. 48 ; Guaita, 2182. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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MACHIAVELLI.
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Helmstedt, Henning Muller, 1660. First edition of The Prince edited by Hermann Conring (1606-1681),polymath and an early pioneer in the science of political economy.Bound with Hermann Conring, Animadversiones politicae in Nicolai Machiavelli librum de principe, Helmstedt, Henning Muller, 1661.Bertelli-Innocenti, pp. 107-108, no. 54.
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[Biblia Germanica]. Biblia, Das ist Die gantze heil. Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments. Deutsch D. Mart. Luth. Jetzund auffs neue mit Fleiß übersehen sampt D. Hütteri Summarien, Registern, Concordantzen nützlich zugerichtet und verfertiget mit Zuziehung und beygefügter Censur und Vorrede der Theol. Facultet zu Wittenberg. Mit Churfürstl. Sächs. Durchl. Befreyung.
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Wittenberg, In Verlegung Balthasar Christoph Wustens [Wust], Druckers und Buchhändlers in Franckfurt am Mayn, 1660.. 28:22 cm. [48 Bll.], 734 S., [7 Bll.], 498 S., [2 Bll.], 350 S. Mit einem gestoch. Vortitel, 1 Portraitkupfer der sächsischen Herzöge (Mittig mit Wappen), 1 ganzs. Portrait Johann Georg Herzog zu Sachsen (Gestochen von Melchior Küsell nach Georg Andreas Böckler) sowie 18 tls. doppelbll. Kupfertitel. Ldr. d.Zt. über Holzdeckeln auf 4 Bünden. Gepunzter Schnitt.. - Schliessbänder fehlen (Beschläge noch vorhanden), Kapitale leicht bestossen. Alte Besitzvermerke auf den ersten 2 leeren Blatt. Die erste Lage stärker fingerfleckig und an den Rändern begriffen (Ohne Textverlust). Es fehlt das letzte gefalt. Blatt (wohl Plan von Jerusalem bzw. Karte von Palästina). Im Ganzen noch gutes bis ordentliches Exemplar.
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Featley, John
Featlaei palggenesia: or, Doctor Daniel Featley revived: proving, that the Protestant church (and not the Romish) is the onely Catholick and true church.
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Pr. for Nathan. Brook, London 1660 - In a manual preserved from the hands of the plunderers. With a succinct history of his life and death." The "Succint History of the Life and Death" of Featley has its own (sectional) title-page and pagination, but is continuous as to the signature collation from part I. 12mo. [10]114 pp.; [1], 86 pp. ESTC R210110. Later brown leather, battered and tattered, with some leather missing at base of spine. Front cover detached and present. Ex-library: call number on binding, bookplate on front pastedown, rubber-stamps, pencilling. A copy for an impoverished scholar/collector. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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[REYNOLDS, Edward & others]
A seasonable exhortation of sundry ministers in London to the people of their respective congregations.
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London, printed by E.M. for Samuel Gellibrand a the golden Ball in Pauls Church-yard; and Robert Gibbs at the golden Ball in Chancery Lane. 1660 4to., title printed within a typographical border, (4) + 24pp., minor soiling a staining in several leaves, but a good copy preserved in modern wrappers with printed title label on upper cover. First edition. Wing R.1276. After the death of Oliver Cromwell (Sept. 1658), Reynolds was recognised as the leader of the moderate presbyterian divines or 'reconcilers'. He and other presbyterians sought an accommodation with Richard Cromwell, and in October 1658, on the behalf of himself and other London presbyterian ministers, delivered an oral address to the new Protector. He preached at the opening session of Parliament in 1659, and throughout 1659 and 1660 his sermons to Parliament and London notables became increasingly pointed about the need for peace, unity, and moderation, codes for the restoration of the monarchy and accommodation with episcopalians. He was the prime mover behind A seasonable exhortation in January 1660, which condemned sectaries and urged an understanding with Anglicans. Throughout the summer and autumn of 1660 Reynolds continued to push for a moderate episcopacy acceptable to presbyterians and Anglicans, and he helped to draft the King's Worcester House declaration that October. He was about then made Bishop of Norwich. [Ian Atherton in ODNB].
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SLATIUS, HENDRIK; CORVINUS, JOHANNES ARNOLDI:
De gepredestineerde dief, ofte een t' samensprekinge gehouden tusschen een predicant der Calvinusgezinde, ende een dief, die verwesen was om te sterven; de bekeeringe van den gepredestineerden dief,
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Gedruckt nae de copye tot Frederick-stadt, (ca 1660), 37p; 83p, perkamenten band, naam op schutblad, in goede staat, band iets gevlekt maar wel stevig, tekst schoon, **voorafgegaan door een lijst namen der leeraren, by de welken de Leere der precise predestinatie werdt gedreven, ende in dit Traktaet worden aengewesen**
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SCHONBORNERUS GEORGIUS.
POLITICORUM LIBRI SEPTEM. EDITIO AD IPSIUS AUTHORIS EMENDATO. EXEMPLO NUNC PRIMUM VULGATA. AMSTERODAMI EX OFF. ELZEVIRIANA 1660
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cm.8x14,5, pp.(72) 523 (27) 2 bb., bel front. inc. in rame con + 1 tav. f.t. +vv.rip. (con i gradi di parentela utili per le successioni). Mz perg. 800sca, tit. calligr. al dorso. I margg. bianchi del front. sono stati antica-mente sostituiti con 2 striscioline di carta. Timbri di antica biblioteca relig. estinta. Lievi fioriture. Nelle cc. preliminari: dedicatoria dell'Aut. al bar. Jo.Ulricus Schaffgotsch, a cui era dedicata anche l'ampia pref.; la dedica al lettore; l'elenco degli autori da cui aveva tratto l'Aut. e le "Tabulae in quibus methodus et dispositio operis ostenditur", in 11 tavv. con uno schema dei 7 libri che compongono l'op. e che contenngono: Liber I: Quae politicae praestantia, qui finis; De reipublicae definitione et ortu; De rerumpublicarum incrementia in genere; De marito et uxore; De patre et liberis; De educatione; De domino et servo; De familiis; De dioecesi, districtu, territorio et regione; De civitate et metropoli; De urbe et aedificiis publicis, et privatis; Qui Reip. recte constitutae finis;... - Liber II: Utilisne Reip. sit electio; De electione voti liberi et de sortitione; De electione restricta certas personas et leges..; De electione eorum, qui obscuro loco nati sunt; De electione quibus aliqua inhaeret macula; Expediatne Reip. successio; De jure primogeniturae; De gynaecocratia; De agnatis, qui succedunt vigore pactorum familiarum, sive confraternitaetis et de ganerbinatu; De successione in regniis, quae jure belli sit; De successione ex jure connubiorum; De successione quae sit ex titulo donationis et de donatione Constantini Magni; De modis illegittimis quibus administratio acquisitur..; Castitas principi commendata; De magnanimitate et fortitudine, modestia et virtutibus reliquis princpi decoris; De victu et vestitu principum; Qualem se gerere debeat princeps erga... coniugem, liberos, consiliarios et ministros; De justitia subditia aequabiliter administranda; De clementia, prudentia et doctrina, liberalitate, felicitate principum; De auctoritate magistratus et benevolentia populi in eum; De tyrannidis acquisitione et moribus; De abolitione tyrannidis in genre;... - Liber III: De legibus earumque necessitate, definitione et distribuctione; De legislatoribus; De ratione legis; De effectu legum; De legum moltitudine, de interpretatione, de mutatione et abrogatione legum; De censoribus; De religione; De lupanaribus; De mendicantium importunitate cohibenda; De cingaris; De conviviorum et vestium luxu in civitate frenando; De cura miserabilium personarum in xenodochiis et nosocomio; De jurisdictione criminali et civili; De privilegiis legatum; De ministri auliciis eligendis; De aulae moribus; An judaei sint habendi in numero civium; De numero civium; De ordine equestri et nobilitate; De theologis; De jure-consultis et advocatis; De medicis et alchymistis; De philosophis, oratoribus et poetis; De natura vulgi; De mercatoribus; De typographis; De opificibus; De pantomimis, histrionibus et tibicinibus;.... Liber IV: De jure patronatus; De academiis; De iure sepolturae; De pace publica; De pace religionis in S.R.I; De banno, seu procriptione imperii; De fluminbus;De coloniis; De armis; De opibus; De privilegiis Fisci; De exatione tributorum; De Annona; De moneta; De aerario; De foederibus;... Liber V: De Statu monarchico; De aristocratia; De democratia; De S. Rom. Imperi constitutione; De electione caesaris; De coronatione caesaris; De concessione privilegiorum et immunitate; De rege romanorum; De jure remittendi poenas capitalias; De jure recipiendi judaeos; De origine electorum; De archiepiscopis episcopis. abbatis et prelatis; De archiducibus et ducibus, marchionibus et landgraviis, comitibus et baronibus, liberis civitatibus;... Liber VI: De belli notatione, definitione, fine; De pecunia, bellorum nervo praecipus; De ducibus; De conscribendis militum; De lustratione; De distincione militum et officiarium; De hoste; De obsessionibus; De stratagematis; Devastatione, incendiis, rapinis in bello; D
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Barlaeus, Caspar (1584-1648).
Rerum Per Octennium in Brasilia Et Alibi Gestarum...
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Tobias Silberling, 1660. Small 8vo., (6 x 3 6/8 inches). Additional engraved title-page, portrait of Maurice de Nassau, Nassau's arms, 3 fine engraved folding maps, 4 folding views, woodcut initial. 18th-century vellum over thin paste-board, title written in manuscript on the spine, yapp fore-edges. Provenance: Ink library stamp of Lich'sche Bibliothek, Furstlich Solms Zu Lich on the title-page and bookplate on the front paste-down. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND BRIGHT COPY of the "small Barlaeus", or second Latin edition, first published by Johannes Blaeu in folio in 1647. This edition of Barleaus's important history of the Dutch 80-year rule of Brazil has four added treatises, not present in the first edition, on the climate and medicinal plants of Brazil by Guglielmo Piso, who sailed to Recife in 1638 as Prince Maurice's personal physician. Also containing a Chilian and Latin vocabulary. The plates are the same as for the German edition, but without the small plate of the eclipse found inserted in some copies. Copies of the first Latin edition are exceptionally rare since many were burnt in a devastating fire at Blaeu's printing house. Sabin 3409; Borba de Moraes pages 78-79. Purchased for $3, 000 at Bonhams in 2007. Catalogue description prepared for and on behalf of Arader Galleries by Kate Hunter.
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CELLARIUS, Andreas (c.1596-1665)
[The Northern Celestial Hemisphere, with the Terrestrial Hemisphere beneath] H!misph!rium stellatum boreale cum subiecto h!misph!rio terrestri
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Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1660. Copper-engraved celestial map, with full original colour. 19 3/4 x 23 inches. One of the finest celestial charts ever produced, from the first edition of Cellarius This composition, of great artistic elan, presents a view of the constellations of the Northern Sky superimposed over the North Pole, Europe and northern Asia. It is from the Harmonia Macrocosmica seu Atlas Universalis et Novus (Harmonious Universe or New and Universal Atlas) by Andreas Cellarius, the finest celestial atlas ever produced. According to Classical astronomy, championed by Aristotle and Ptolemy, the stars were mounted on a huge, transparent crystal sphere that was part of a geocentric system, in which all of the stars and planets revolved around the Earth. The present image was engraved in 1660 by Jan Janssonius, during the greatest era of Dutch map-making, a period that saw the perfection of the art of representing scientific ideas in a graphic form using engravings. It was reprinted by Janssonius in 1661, and again in 1708 by Gerard Valk and Petrus Schenk, who added their names to the plates. Andreas Cellarius was born in about 1596 in Neuhausen, a small town near Worms in the Rhine-Hesse region of Germany. From 1625 to 1637 Cellarius worked as a schoolmaster in Amsterdam and The Hague, and in 1637 moved to Hoorn, where he was appointed as headmaster or rector of the Latin School. He published a number of works during his lifetime, but the last and greatest was the Harmonia Macrocosmica. Cellarius resigned from his post as headmaster in early 1665 and died in Hoorn in November of the same year. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Cel. 1
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Polemann, Joachim
...Novum Lumen Medicum, In welchem Die vortrefliche und hochnothige Lehre des hochbegabten Philosophi Helmontii von dem hohen Geheimnis des Sulphuris Philosophorum. Aus getreuen wolmeynendem Gem!the gegen die Unwissenden und Irrenden/ wie auch aus mi
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Henricus Betkius, Amsterdam:: Henricus Betkius,, 1660.. Second Edition.. Modern full red morocco, blind paneled, spine banded, title gilt; lower outer corner off first two leaves (no text affected), minor stains.. 12mo.. Polemann's theme is the mystery of sulphur of the philosopher's in alchemy. Polemann was a Silesian physican and mystic at Amsterdam and friend of Laurentius de Geer, P. Figulus, and Comenius and a correspondent with Robert Boyle. Polemann apparently was in England in the 1650s. This work achieved some fame and went through several editions as well as being translated in the 17th century into English. VD 17 39:116928M. STCN 166012 (2 copies). Bruning 2024. Ferguson II,210.#11;
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LOEHNEYSEN (or LOEHNEYSS), Georg Engelhard von
Bericht von Bergkwerk, wie man dieselben bawen und in guten wolfstande bringen sol
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Engraved title & 16 folding engraved plates. Printed tables in the text. 11 p.l., 343 pp. Folio, cont. vellum over boards (binding a bit stained, minor browning). N.p.: n.d. [Hamburg: ca. 1660].p Second edition (1st ed.: 1617) and a very nice copy of this classic of mining and assaying; it is a treatise on the technical as well as the economic and administrative aspects of mining and metallurgy. It ranks !in importance with the works of Biringuccio, Agricola, and Ercker.!!Neville, II, p. 88!(describing the 1617 second issue). Lohneysen (1552-1625?), a nobleman at the court of the Elector Augustus of Saxony, was inspector general of the mines of Zellerfeld, Clausthal, and Andreasberg. He was an expert in mining, metallurgy, and geology. The first edition, printed at the author!s own press in Zellerfeld is very rare as most copies were destroyed during the Thirty Years War. Lohneysen designed the plates, woodcuts, and initials, employing Moses Thym as engraver of the cuts. The present second edition is a reprint of the first edition, second issue, with engravings by Joachim Wichman replacing Lohneysen!s woodcuts. The edition was not known to Ferguson or Duveen; however, it is cited by Prandtl, !Die erste Ausgabe von Lohneysz! Bericht vom Bergwerck,! in Zeitschrift Bucherfreunde 39 (1935), pp. 20-22. Two other editions with Wichman!s engravings were published in 1690. The text is celebrated for its explanation of mining regulations and for a description of the extraction of zinc (the first to be printed). Very good copy in a contemporary binding. ❧ Darmstaedter, Berg-, Probir- und Kunstbuchlein, pp. 98-99. D.S.B., VIII, pp. 464-65. Ferguson, II, pp. 42-43!(later ed. only). Partington, II, p.107. This edition not in Hoover.. First Edition. Hard cover.
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Malherbe, Francois de
[Les Poesies...]
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[Antoine de Sommaville,] [Orleans:]: [Antoine de Sommaville,], [1660.]. First separate edition of the Poesies.. Contemp. mottled calf, spine gilt, banded, fleur-de-lys in gilt, lacks head-cap, spine cracked but sound; booklabel of Roger Senhouse with his signature dated 1920, ink scribble on first leaf, paper toned, occ. foxing.. 12mo.. Malherbe (1555-1628) poet, "...a purist in style, standing for strength and conciseness of diction as againstthe unbridled faciity of the Pleiade, for sobriety and clearness and advoidance of mere ornament, for intellectual as opposed to emotional poetry...His verses ... lofty in tone, clear, concise, and vigorous...He was slow in composition; it is rtelated that he spent three years on his stanzas on the death of the presidente de Verdun, so that when they were presented to console her husband he was already consoled and remarried and had died." OCFL Tchemerzine VII,360a. Cioranescu (17th) 45171. OCLC: 29930812.
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GUILLIM John (1565-1621)
A Display of Heraldry
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Incomplete. In dirty yellow vellum, some horizontal crease lines to front & rear covers. Spine has some vellum loss, edges are chipped and bumped, title in gilt to red leather label. Internally, covers are a little loose. No title page, index, introduction etc, BEGINS at page 27 through to 460 pp with coats of arms to most pages, many coloured, some ink notes & coats of arms to margins, pages 409 to 460 contain many almost full page plates. WITH An exact Register of all the knights of the Garter (togeather with the Blazons of their severall Coats) from the first Installment to the last) As also An account or Register of the names and Arms of all the Baronets of England from the First Institution tot he last, dedicated by Richard Blome, 32 pp. WITH A catalogue of the names and arms of the Baronets made since his Majesties most happy restauration, with the times of their creations. In the 12th year of his reign, Anno 1660, pages 37 - 95 many pages with 4 coats of arms per page, lots coloured. WITH A Catalogue of the Knights of the Homnorable order of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the Second, pages 97 - 114. WITH An arrata for Guillims Heraldry from pages 115 - 120. FOLLOWED by The Table, 2 pp (an index) FOLLOWED by A Conclusion 2 pages wrongly paginated as pp 443 & 144. (ink ownership name of William Wheeler - 1773) to pp 408. No printing details present but looks like late 1600's because of the vellum covers
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Douze Clefs de Philosophie (Les).
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A Paris chez Pierre Moët 1660 3 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de 176-196-64 pp., basane brune granitée, dos orné à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Deuxième édition de la traduction française, la plus recherchée en raison de la qualité de son illustration. Traité généralement attribué au moine allemand Basilius Valentinus qui aurait vécu au XVe siècle, et parfois à l'occultiste Johann Thölde qui en donna la première édition, en allemand, en 1599. La première traduction française parut en 1624, mais illustrée de bois de piètre facture. Imprimés ici à la suite, comme il se doit, le traité alchimique Azoth ou le moyen de faire l'or caché des philosophes, attribué au même Basilius Valentinus, et le Traicté de la nature de l'oeuf des philosophes attribué à Bernard le Trévisan. Belle illustration ésotérique : le traité des Douze clefs est orné de 14 planches hors texte gravées sur cuivre dont 13 signées par Jean Gobille, et d'un bois gravé dans le texte. L'Azoth est illustré de 15 bois dans le texte dont un au titre. Rare exemplaire complet de ses trois parties et de ses planches. Coiffes restaurées. Bibliotheca esoterica, 5029 ; Caillet, 798, 802 et 1043 ; Duveen, p. 48 ; Guaita, 2182.
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[DESCARTES, Rene. / Tr. ANON.]
A discourse of a method for the well-guiding of reason, and the discovery of truth in the sciences
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Thomas Newcombe for John Holden 8vo., 4.5 X 9 cm], (7) ff., of which the first two are blank and integral, 127 pp. (verso blank). Bound in contemporary calf ruled in blind, gilt spine and edges of covers faded and rubbed. Binding a bit shaken, and joints a bit fragile. Minor toning in margin, but a remarkably fresh copy in its original binding, housed in modern bookbox. Very rare first English edition and fine copy of one of the most important works of Western Philosophy ever written, Descartes' Discourse, containing for the first time in English the phrase which is not only the conceptual cornerstone of Rationalism, generally considered the beginning of modern philosophy, but is synonymous in the cultural imagination with the very field of Philosophy: "I think, therefore, I am." This English edition was the earliest recorded in the inventory of John Locke's library (see J. Harrison/ P. Laslett, The Library of John Locke. 2nd ed #2451), and it is generally considered that Locke's encounter with the !New Philosophy' as it was known in England in the 1660's, led him to write the Essay, his philosophical masterpiece. "Descartes' purpose is to find the simple indestructible proposition which gives to the universe and thought their order and system. Three points are made: the truth of thought, when thought is true to itself (thus cogito, ergo sum), the invincible elevation of its partial state in our finite consciousness to its full state of the infinite existence of God, and to the ultimate reduction of the material universe to extension and local movement. From these central propositions in logic, metaphysics and physics came the subsequent inquiries of Locke (164 eg Essay on Human Understanding), Leibniz (177, Theodicee), and Newton (161 Principia); from them stem all modern and scientific thought." - PMM 129 (1637). Rather typically for English books of the period, the work is known in issues regarding the title page (and only the title page). These have not been well defined, and the circumstances of the translation's commissioning and publication are simply unknown: as of 2002, when a series of facsimiles of Descartes' works in English and related 17th c Cartesian writings was published, the translator of the present work remained unknown (see R. Ariew & D. Garber, Descartes' Works in Translation, vol. I, p. ix.) According to the entry in the Norman catalogue, several states of the title are known: the title of the Norman copy is !A Discourse of a Method for the well guiding of Reason', and it contains a signature marking, A4-highly exceptional if not unique for a 17th century English book; it does not contain Descartes' name on the title. This is such an egregious and uncommon error that it is most likely the sign of the earliest state. Another title gives a different spelling !for Wel-! and Discovrse'; and yet another, like the Norman copy, omits Descartes' name. OCLC lists 5 copies in American libraries: UCLA, Newberry, Northwestern, Harvard and Wisconsin. Wing adds Folger. In British libraries, Wing lists Oxford, Cambridge (King's), Patent Office (London), National Library of Scotland. Through additional searching, we have also located two copies at the BL (one with the variant title), and one at Yale (Cushing Medical Library). Remarkably, the book is sufficiently rare that it is not included in the excellent Descartes bibliography of Guillebert; it was NOT included in the Bibliotheque Nationale's anniversary exhibition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the publication of the Discours in 1937, and to this day there remains no copy of the present translation in the Bibliotheque Nationale. Finally, it is missing from (at least) two major collections of 17th century English printed books of this level of importance: the Morgan Library and the Huntington. * Wing D1129; Norman 624 (variant imprint); J. Harrison/ P. Laslett, The Library of John Locke. 2nd ed #2451 not in Guillebert; Julien Cain/ Bibliotheque Nationale. Descartes. Exposition organisee pour le III ieme Centenaire du Discours de la Methode. (Paris 1937).
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(Usher, Jacob) (James Ussher) (Jacobi Vsserii) Jacobi Usserii Armachani (Edited by Thomas Barlow)
Jacobi Usserii (Vsserii) Armachani Chronologia Sacra (Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judea)
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Oxoniae (Oxford) 1660 First Edition 8vo vii,213,(x)pp Oxoniae (Oxford) 1660 First Edition 8vo vii,213,(x)pp. Original blue paper wrappers, red edges, professionally restored & bound in mock-vellum cloth covers, slightly rubbed, with white end-papers.Internally VG apart from some offsetting throughout, still very readable text, with some very light (and ver. y old) underling in ink on some pages. Text in Latin. Contains charts, marginal notes, Scripture cross-references, and a bibliography of Usher's published works in Latin and English. The Chronologia Sacra was Ussher's last work, and is a supplement . or corrected summary of the "Annales" (1650-54). An exceptionally good copy of this important religious work of the 15th century. Wing U.162. Madan 2532. Sweeney 5333. Rare..
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Juvenal
Mores Hominum. the Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyr, By Juvenal...Whereunto is Added the Invention of Seventeen Designes in Picture: With Arguments to the Satyrs...Together With a Large Comment, Clearing the Author in Every Place, Wherein He...
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R[ichard] Hodgkinson, 1660. Sir Robert Stapleton, trans. Large folio. [a2] [Lacks a1], b4, [-A1] A2, B-3T4, 3U-4B2, 4C1[-4C2 blank]. [10 of 20? ], 270, 277-522, [28]p. [pp5-6 lacking] First Edition Thus. 18th c. calf, gilt rule on covers, rebacked with old spine laid on, lacks f.f.e.p. t.p. defective at inner corner (no text loss), some dampstains, occ. line numbers added in red pencil. Lacks all plates. Stapylton [Stapleton], Sir Robert (1607x9? &endash; 1669), translator and playwright. “ In 1647 he republished Loves of Hero and Leander and published a complete translation of Juvenal's satires, lightly revising those satires already published. His preface presents Juvenal as an arbiter of manners: ‘ I have for my Country's sake taught him our Language, which if you allow him to speake intelligibly and profitably, you may please to naturalize him by your Votes' (Juvenal's Sixteen Satyrs, sig. A6v)...At the Restoration, Charles II named Stapylton, now resident in London, as one of the gentleman ushers to the privy chamber. In the same year Stapylton's edition of Juvenal was extensively reworked for publication as Mores hominum which, like his Pliny of 1644, had copious marginal notes and commentary. ” [Oxford DNB] Wing J1280. ESTC r21081. Lowndes 1249. Schweiger I, 515. Goodland 584. Pfortzheimer 568.
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Douze Clefs de Philosophie (Les).
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A Paris chez Pierre Moët 1660 - 3 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de 176-196-64 pp., basane brune granitée, dos orné à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Deuxième édition de la traduction française, la plus recherchée en raison de la qualité de son illustration. Traité généralement attribué au moine allemand Basilius Valentinus qui aurait vécu au XVe siècle, et parfois à l'occultiste Johann Thölde qui en donna la première édition, en allemand, en 1599. La première traduction française parut en 1624, mais illustrée de bois de piètre facture. Imprimés ici à la suite, comme il se doit, le traité alchimique Azoth ou le moyen de faire l'or caché des philosophes, attribué au même Basilius Valentinus, et le Traicté de la nature de l'oeuf des philosophes attribué à Bernard le Trévisan. Belle illustration ésotérique : le traité des Douze clefs est orné de 14 planches hors texte gravées sur cuivre dont 13 signées par Jean Gobille, et d'un bois gravé dans le texte. L'Azoth est illustré de 15 bois dans le texte dont un au titre. Rare exemplaire complet de ses trois parties et de ses planches. Coiffes restaurées. Bibliotheca esoterica, 5029 ; Caillet, 798, 802 et 1043 ; Duveen, p. 48 ; Guaita, 2182. Occultisme,ésotérisme; [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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BEVERWYCK, Joh. van
Schat der gesontheyt. Met veersen versiert door de heer Jacob Cats, ridder, etc. Eerste deel: 20 blz. Eerste deel van den schat der gesontheyt, aenwijsende de kracht der middelen, door de welcke de gesontheydt onderhouden werdt. 21-74 blz. Het tweede boeck van de lucht. 75-86 blz. Het derde boeck van spyse en dranck. 87-150 blz. Het tweede deel van den schat der gesontheyt. Waer in verhandelt werdt, hoe en op wat manier de verhaelde middelen in elck gedeelte des ouderdoms tot de gesontheydt moeten ghebruyckt worden. 153-208 blz. Schat der ongesontheydt, ofte genees-konste van de sieckten. Verciert met historien, en koopere platen; als ook met verssen van de heer Jacob Cats. (7) 66 blz. Tweede deel van den schat der ongesontheydt, aenwysende de gelegentheydt van de deelen des menschelijken lichaems, hare sieckten, en der selver oorsaecken, teyckenen, voor-teykenen, genesinge, en maniere van leven daar in te houden. 69-76 blz. Het eerste boeck van de sieckten des hoofts. 77-132 blz. Het tweede boeck van de sieckten der borst. 133-143 blz. Het derde boeck van de sieckten des buycks. 144-164 blz. Lof der medicine ofte genees-konste. 167-174 blz. Bergh-val, ofte wederlegginge van Michiel de Montaigne, tegens de noodtsakelickheydt der genees-konste. 177-207 blz. Schat der ongesontheydt, ofte genees-konste van de sieckten. Het tweede deel. (3) 28 blz. Het tweede boeck, van de sieckten der borst. 29-64 blz. Het derde boeck van de sieckten des buycks. 65-104 blz. Het vierde boeck van de gichte. 105-120 blz. Vraegh-brief, waerom de Heere Christus, daer hy ongeneselijcke sieckten, so met een woordt, so met aenraken genas, des blindes oogen met slick, en speecksel gestreken heeft? Uyt het Latijn over-geset. 121-124 blz. Inleydinge tot de Hollandtsche genees-middelen. Ofte kort bericht, dat elck landt ghenoegh heeft tot onderhoudt van het leven, ende de gesontheydt der nvvoonders. 20 blz. Steen-stuck. Aenwijsende den oorspronck, teykenen, 't voorkomen, en ghenesen van Steen en Graveel. 23-46 blz. Heel-konste, ofte derde deel van de genees-konste, om de uytwendige gebreken te heelen. (5) 6 blz. Het eerste boeck van de heel-middelen. 7-32 blz. Het tweede boeck, van de uytwendige deelen, ende daer op, ende in komende vlacken, bleynen, puysten, wonden, sweeren, ende zeeren. 35-98 blz. Vervolgh van de heel-konste, verhandelende wonden, gehardtheydt, oorspronck van bus-poeder, ende geschut, kout-vyer, ontleden, ende gebroke beenderen. Met alderhande historien verlicht. 101-126 blz. Het vierde boeck, van de beenderen. Haer ontledinge, ende breucken. 127-154 (4) blz.
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AMSTERDAM, Jan Jacobsz Schipper, 1660.. Geb. in org. band. Klein folio..
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BARBOSA, Agostinho,
Iuris ecclesiastici universi libri tres,. in quorum I. de personis, II. de locis, III. de rebus ecclesiasticis plenissimè agitur. Editio novissima, ab auctore recognita, & . utiliter locupletata. 2 Teile in 1 Bd.
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SLATIUS, Hendrik; CORVINUS, Johannes Arnoldi:
De gepredestineerde dief, ofte een t' samensprekinge gehouden tusschen een predicant der Calvinusgezinde, ende een dief, die verwesen was om te sterven; de bekeeringe van den gepredestineerden dief,
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HELMREICH, A.
How to mix paint and to prepare different colours Kunstbüchlein. Wie man auff Marmelstein, Kupffer, Messing, Zihn, Stahl, Eisen, Harnisch und Waffen, ic. etzen, und künstlich vergülden soll. Mit vorgehendem Bericht, wie man Dinten, Dintenpulver, Prisilgen, und alle Metallfarben zum schreiben. Mancherley Farben, Pergament, Federn zu färben. Alle Metallen aus der Federn zu schreiben, Gold und Silber, Fundamentlein und Goldwasser auff allerley Ballerey, und dergleichen mehr, machen und temperieren soll. Zu Dienst und Ehren allen Schreibern, auch den unerfahrnen der Etzkunst, zusammen gebracht. Von neuen übersehen, gemehret, und corrigirt, und in Druck gebracht.
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(N.pl., n.p.), 1660.. Small 8vo. Without binding. Title-page printed in red & black. (48) leaves.. Interesting and rare manual on art, by Andreas Helmreich ( 1546-1588). Several methods of engraving are explained, and special emphasis is given to mixing paint and preparing different colours. Good copy.- (Title and last page sl. stained, small dog's ears in first and last pages, lower right corner of title and upper right corner of first text leaf torn off without loss of text). Ferchl p. 224; not in Duveen nor in Ferguson.
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A discourse of a method for the well-guiding of reason, and the discovery of truth in the sciences
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8vo., 4.5 X 9 cm], (7) ff., of which the first two are blank and integral, 127 pp. (verso blank). Bound in contemporary calf ruled in blind, gilt spine and edges of covers faded and rubbed. Binding a bit shaken, and joints a bit fragile. Minor toning in margin, but a remarkably fresh copy in its original binding, housed in modern bookbox. Very rare first English edition and fine copy of one of the most important works of Western Philosophy ever written, Descartes' Discourse, containing for the first time in English the phrase which is not only the conceptual cornerstone of Rationalism, generally considered the beginning of modern philosophy, but is synonymous in the cultural imagination with the very field of Philosophy: "I think, therefore, I am." This English edition was the earliest recorded in the inventory of John Locke's library (see J. Harrison/ P. Laslett, The Library of John Locke. 2nd ed #2451), and it is generally considered that Locke's encounter with the !New Philosophy' as it was known in England in the 1660's, led him to write the Essay, his philosophical masterpiece. "Descartes' purpose is to find the simple indestructible proposition which gives to the universe and thought their order and system. Three points are made: the truth of thought, when thought is true to itself (thus cogito, ergo sum), the invincible elevation of its partial state in our finite consciousness to its full state of the infinite existence of God, and to the ultimate reduction of the material universe to extension and local movement. From these central propositions in logic, metaphysics and physics came the subsequent inquiries of Locke (164 eg Essay on Human Understanding), Leibniz (177, Theodicee), and Newton (161 Principia); from them stem all modern and scientific thought." - PMM 129 (1637). Rather typically for English books of the period, the work is known in issues regarding the title page (and only the title page). These have not been well defined, and the circumstances of the translation's commissioning and publication are simply unknown: as of 2002, when a series of facsimiles of Descartes' works in English and related 17th c Cartesian writings was published, the translator of the present work remained unknown (see R. Ariew & D. Garber, Descartes' Works in Translation, vol. I, p. ix.) According to the entry in the Norman catalogue, several states of the title are known: the title of the Norman copy is !A Discourse of a Method for the well guiding of Reason', and it contains a signature marking, A4-highly exceptional if not unique for a 17th century English book; it does not contain Descartes' name on the title. This is such an egregious and uncommon error that it is most likely the sign of the earliest state. Another title gives a different spelling !for Wel-! and Discovrse'; and yet another, like the Norman copy, omits Descartes' name. OCLC lists 5 copies in American libraries: UCLA, Newberry, Northwestern, Harvard and Wisconsin. Wing adds Folger. In British libraries, Wing lists Oxford, Cambridge (King's), Patent Office (London), National Library of Scotland. Through additional searching, we have also located two copies at the BL (one with the variant title), and one at Yale (Cushing Medical Library). Remarkably, the book is sufficiently rare that it is not included in the excellent Descartes bibliography of Guillebert; it was NOT included in the Bibliotheque Nationale's anniversary exhibition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the publication of the Discours in 1937, and to this day there remains no copy of the present translation in the Bibliotheque Nationale. Finally, it is missing from (at least) two major collections of 17th century English printed books of this level of importance: the Morgan Library and the Huntington. * Wing D1129; Norman 624 (variant imprint); J. Harrison/ P. Laslett, The Library of John Locke. 2nd ed #2451 not in Guillebert; Julien Cain/ Bibliotheque Nationale. Descartes. Exposition organisee pour le III ieme Centenaire du Discours de la Methode. (Paris 1937).
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Allestree,Richard] attributed to, but no name given
THE GENTLEMANS CALLING
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London: Printed for T. Garthwait [1st edition] at the Little North-doore of S. Pauls, 1660. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved frontis + emblematic engraved title + 2 engraved plates. Duodecimo contemporary blind-tooled calf neatly rebacked with red spine label and date gilt. Thos Pepys His Book March ye 27th 1738 on pastedown. Frontis + engraved titlepage +[32]pp (epistle to publisher signed H.H. [Humphrey Henchman of] Sarum 27 Octob. 1659 & Preface) + 2 further fullpage plates +176pp. Private Devotions (pp167-176) at end has separate titlepage dated 1660. Pages slightly browned but clean & crisp throughout (ESTC R8983). *A Gentleman's life should be based on a Good Reputation, nobility of character and observance of his religion.
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Allestree, Richard
GENTLEMAN'S CALLING
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London: Printed for T. Garthwait, 1660 ...[32, 176 pgs.]... 9 PAGES PRIVATE DEVOTIONS... SECOND EDITION PRINTED SAME YEAR AS THE FIRST...TWO ENGRAVED TITLE PAGES AS WELL AS FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS OF JEREMIAH AND ZEDEKIAH...Preface initialed by H.H.(Humphrey Henchman 1592-1675 Bishop of London)...Popular advice book of the 17th century on how a gentleman should find a calling in life...Professionally rebacked with original spine and boards laid down...Full leather with gilt border on covers and 6 compartments on spine heavily decorated in gilt...Elaborate scenes on engraved title pages...Text block edged in red and good and tight... Small chip in title label on spine...Some rubbing to leather boards HOWEVER A VERY NICE COPY... SCARCE.... Full-Leather. Very Good. 12mo.
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SUCQUET, A.
Praxes ex via vitae aeternae. In usum cuiusvis Generis ac Status Hominum pie vivere volentium, potissimum vero eorum, quibus, prolixoribus Meditationis, Orationis, Lectionis, aliis(q)ue pietatis Exercitiis, per Negotia vacare non licet.
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Breviter excerptae, & in lucem datae per G. Murer. Augsburg, V. Aperger, 1660. - 12mo. Illustr. Kupfertitel, 11 Bl., 532 S., 9 Bl. Pergamentband d. Zeit (Einband leicht wasserfleckig auf der Rückseite, kaum berieben ). Rü. sauber m. Hs d. Zeit beschriftet. hübsche Bordüren u. gestochene Initialen. gutes wohlerhaltenes Ex. Weitere Informationen und Digitalbilder für jedes Objekt auf Anfrage. Scans and further information in English for every single item on request.
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COLBERT, Nicolas, abbé.
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Pontoise, 8 juillet 1660. In-4, 4 pages. Il rend compte à "Son Eminence" : de l'assemblée des docteurs de la "maison de Sorbonne" qui est reconnaissante de ce que Son Eminence a bien voulu "accepter la charge de Proviseur de Sorbonne" ; que M. Gentil, Evêque de Laon, qui s'était déjà porté garant, renouvelle son respect et sa soumission ; que "notre assemblée est toujours fort tranquille et que tout le monde témoigne à l'envy vouloir faire de concert le service du Roy et celui de l'Eglise : Mais je suis obligé de dire à Votre Eminence que nous ne nous pressons pas assez de finir (…) J'espère que quand Votre Eminence an aura dit son sentiment, cela produira un très bon effet"… M. l'abbé de St Poüanges [Michel Colbert, son cousin] en témoignera ; qu'il a fait lire l'opinion de Son Eminence sur la contestation entre messeigneurs de la Vaur et de Pamiers et qu'il prie Son Eminence d 'avoir la bonté de lui pardonner cette faute. Frère de Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Nicolas Colbert (1628-1676) devint, en 1656, bibliothécaire du roi ; depuis un an abbé de Saint-Sauveur de Vertus, au diocèse de Châlons-sur-Marne, il fut nommé, évêque de Luçon en mars 1661, prieur de La Charité-sur-Loire en 1664, et enfin évêque d’Auxerre en 1672.
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Merian, Matthaeus (1593-1650) And Others
Topographia Galliae; Dat Ist Een Algemeene En Naeukeurige Lant En Plaets-Beschrijvinghe Van Het Machtige Koninckrijk Vranckryck
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. Amsterdam: Joost Broersz, Caspar Merian, 1660-1661-1662-1663. 4 volumes, small folio. (12 3/8 x 8 inches). Engraved titles and 325 plates and maps (some folding, some double-page) by Matthaeus Merian and others. Contemporary speckled calf, covers with the gilt-blocked armorial of Ralph Sneyd, expertly rebacked to style, spines with raised bands in 7 compartments richly tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering pieces in the second comparment. A fine Dutch-language edition of the most comprehensive illustrated guide to seventeenth century France. Merian (1593-1650), the father of engraver Matthäus the younger, and the grandfather of the painter, engraver and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, was born in Basel Switzerland. After a period when he visited and lived in Nancy (France), Paris and Stuttgart, and after working for Theodore de Bry for a while, he married in 1618 and settled in Frankfurt. From here he issued a great many engravings including various topographical series accompanied by text by Martin Zeiler, which together form an invaluable record of Europe during the first half of the sixteenth century. The present work, published in Amsterdam at the time of and shortly after Merian's death, is a Dutch-language version of Zeiler and Merian's Topographia Galliae, oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekantisten Oerter in...Frankreich. first published in Frankfurt between 1655 and 1661. The work, containing over 300 plates, is the most comprehensive illustrated guide to the cities and structures of seventeenth century France. The finely engraved pictures are of great importance, as they preserve many details of buildings, roadways, and cities that no longer exist or have been significantly altered. Cf Brunet V, 1530; cf. C. Schuchhard Die Zeiller-Merianschen Topographien bibliographisch beschrieben (Hamburg: 1960).
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LES DOUZE CLEFS DE PHILOSOPHIE. A PARIS CHEZ PIERRE MOET 1660
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3 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de 176-196-64 pp., basane brune granitee, dos orne' a' nerfs cloisonne' et fleuronne', tranches mouchetees (reliure de l'epoque). Deuxieme edition de la traduction francaise, la plus recherchee en raison de la qualite de son illustration. Traite generalement attribue' au moine allemand Basilius Valentinus qui aurait vecu au XVe siecle, et parfois a' l'occultiste Johann Thoelde qui en donna la premiere edition, en allemand, en 1599. La premiere traduction francaise parut en 1624, mais illustree de bois de pietre facture. Imprimes ici a' la suite, comme il se doit, le traite alchimique Azoth ou le moyen de faire l'or cache' des philosophes, attribue' au meme Basilius Valentinus, et le Traicte de la nature de l'oeuf des philosophes attribue' a' Bernard le Trevisan. Belle illustration esoterique : le traite des Douze clefs est orne' de 14 planches hors texte gravees sur cuivre dont 13 signees par Jean Gobille, et d'un bois grave' dans le texte. L'Azoth est illustre' de 15 bois dans le texte dont un au titre. Rare exemplaire complet de ses trois parties et de ses planches. Coiffes restaurees. Bibliotheca esoterica, 5029 ; Caillet, 798, 802 et 1043 ; Duveen, p. 48 ; Guaita, 2182.
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