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Macintosh, William
Treatise Concerning the Manner of Fallowing of Ground, Raising of Grass-Seeds, and Training of Lint and Hemp, for the Increase and Improvement of the Linnen Manufactories in Scotland. Published for the Benefit of the Farmers in that Kingdom, by the Honour
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London: The Society for Improving in the Knowledge of Agriculture; Edinburgh / Printed by Robert Fleming and Company, 1724 Good. Contemporary full calf with blind stamped decorative border tooling to boards and five raised bands to spine. Front free endpaper missing. Small neat prev` owner name to front pastedown and title page corners, a little quill testing has gone on on the rear flyleaf and free endpaper, also there are a few lines of notes to a blank recto after the last fold-out plate. The odd spot of pallid foxing. 173pp. 12mo. Published to encourage the improvement of Scotland`s agriculture and to promote the linen and hemp industries. The first three chapters expound the virtues of English agricultural methods, including dairy farming; chapters 4 and 5 are on growing flax and hemp for textiles; chapters 6 and 7 are on spinning and weaving these fibres; chapter 8 on bleaching; and an appendix prints the texts of various laws concerning linen manufacture, planting, and ferries, bridges and highways. Halkett and Laing attributed the book to the Jacobite leader William Mackintosh of Borlum, under whose name it is still often catalogued, although it now generally thought that Robert Maxwell (1695-1765), Secretary of the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture, under whose auspices the book was published, was largely responsible for writing it. Chapters 5-8 reprint Louis Crommelin`s Essay towards the improvement of the hempen and flaxen manufactures in the Kingdom of Ireland (Dublin, 1705), who is identified as `the Founder of the Linen-Manufactory in Ireland, about the Year 1700`. The plates are especially interesting, and lacking from a number of copies (presumably a remainder issue was put out without plates). They show the details of `A French Loom`; `A Loom call`d Estille`; a `Dutch Loom`; and `The Tools for a Flax Dresser`. Several views of the looms are shown, and the parts described in detail in the letterpress on the facing pages. ESTC shows that this work is fairly widely held in libraries, though many copies lack the plates. However Crommelin`s work is very rare, with copies of the first edition only at Folger and Huntington outside Ireland and the UK; selections were printed at Glasgow in 1725 (NLS only) and there was a Dublin reprint in 1734 (Columbia and Huntington only outside Ireland and the UK). `In the eighteenth century a number of works on flax and hemp were published in Scotland, one of the earliest of these being A treatise concerning the manner of fallowing ground, raising of grass-seeds and training of lint and hemp. This was published in Edinburgh in 1724 by the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture. This Society had been established in June of the previous year. It worked for practical reforms in Scottish agriculture by making known and encouraging new ideas in husbandry, and by giving advice to members on improving their lands. Its first President was Thomas Hope of Rankeillour, or Rankeillor, who had travelled widely and had studied farming methods in England, France, Flanders, Holland, and other countries.` Henrey. Literature: A.J. Durie, The Scottish Linen Industry in the 18th Century (1979) pp. 14-16; Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800 (3 vols, 1975), II, pp. 603-605. Containing 7 fold-out illustrations depicting related tools and machinery. FOR COMPREHENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS BOOK PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE.. First Edition. First Impression. Full-Calf. Good. 12mo - over 6!" - 7!" tall.
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Carte de L'Archevesche et Electorat de Treves avec Partie des Pays Adiacents.Nancy 1724/25.
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1724 1724 - Kupferstich-Karte von Ddier Bugnon bei Calmet, datiert Nancy 1724/25, grenz- und flächenkoloriert. 35 x 40 cm. Hellwig, Mittelrhein und Moselland im Bild alter Karten, Nr. 85. Zeigt das Gebiet zwischen Monschau, Hadamar, Königstein, Westhofen, St. Wendel und Remich. Rechts unten kolorierte Titelkartusche mit Kardinalshut und Lothringer Kreuz. Oben rechts kleine Vorhangkartusche mit dem Wappen des Erzbistums Trier. Links unten Meilenzeigerkartusche. Seltene Karte des Erzbistums Trier, erschienen in Augustin Calmet's Histoire ecclesiastique et civile de Lorraine, Nancy 1728.
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PARMA - FESTE
DI FUOCHI. DISTINTE IN TRE POMPOSE MACCHINE FATTE ALZARE SULLA PIAZZA ESTERIORE DELLA FORTEZZA DI PARMA PER LA GLORIOSA ESALTAZIONE AL PONTIFICATO DI SUA SANTITA' BENEDETTO DECIMOTERZO DALL'ALTEZZA SERENISSIMA DI FRANCESCO DUCA DI PARMA, PIACENZA, &C. STAMPERIA DI S.A.S. 1724,
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in-8 (224 x 165 mm), pp. 62, (2, bianchi), legatura coeva in pergamena con quattro stelle agli angoli ed una centrale impresse in oro su ambedue i piatti (dorso restaurato). Testatine, finalini e iniziali istoriate. Con tre grandi tavole ripiegate f.t. (Arco Trumphale; Obelisco; Trono della Podesta' di Santa Chiesa) incise in rame da Giuseppe Ruta raffiguranti i solenni apparati voluti da Francesco Farnese, duca di Parma (1678-1727), in occasione dellelezione di Papa Benedetto XIII (Vincenzo Maria Orsini, 1649-1730). Il testo e' una puntuale descrizione delle tavole. Libro di feste assi raro e ricercato, in ottimo stato. LOZZI 3370. WATANABE 1128. NON IN RUGGIERI.
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Artus Thomas, Sieur d'Embry
Description de l'isle des hermaphrodites. Nouvellement découverte.
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Cologne 1724 - One volume in 12mo; pp. (8), 352, with engraved frontispiece; contemporary full calf, raised bands, spine richly gilt in compartments with red gilt lettering-piece, minor rubbing and bumping, marbled endpapers, red edges, some browning in places, else clena and crisp, a very good copy. First published 1605 with the title "Les Hermaphrodites", this is the second edition of an imaginary voyage to the island of the hermaphrodites, an allegorical attack in the court of Henri III and European manners in general. This work is considered as the first anti-utopia in French language. Barbier I, 893-894. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Le Noble, Eustache, attrib
Le Gage Touche, Histoires Galantes Et Comiques
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Amsterdam:: Francois Chancuion,, 1724.. Original paper-backed marbled boards, front cover detached, spine mostly worn off, bookplate of Ernst Lampe, first leaves coming loose, marginal chipping to first leaves and occ. in text but no text loss, small edge wormhole in middle of volume (no text affected) occ. light stains, small hole in last leaf from adherence to rear cover (some text affected, torn piece attached to rear board) uncut copy with wide margins.. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1.. 8 full-page illlustrations. Le Noble (1643-1711) Procureur g!n!ral au Parlement Metz, prolific author; he was falsely accused and put in prison, there he became the lover of Gabrielle Pereau "la belle Epiciere". He escaped but was recaptured and banished. He was an indefatigable author.#11;"Cet un recueil de recits bougeois, qui souvent ne sont pas sans ressamblance avec les contes de Boccace. Les uns sont concus dans lamaniere espagnole, les autres sont simplement des petits romans d'intrigue, avec une pointe de realisme. Lenoble a un penchant marque a choisir ses subjets et ses personnages dans les classes les plus humbles: ce ne sont que jardiniers, tailleurs, donneurs s'eau benite, laquals, sages-femmes, etc., qu'il fait agir et parler suivant leur condition. Les caricatures ne sont pas rares dans le Gage touche, qui se heurte quelquefois au burlesque." Gay/Lemonnyer#11;This popular collection was first published in 1695 in Paris and went through a number of editions attesting to its popularity. STCN 172412. Gay/Lemonnyer II,366. Rose 1885 (1718 ed.) Bibl. Arcana 434 [1718 ed.)
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LUPUM, F. Christianum
SYNODORUM GENERALIUM AC PROVINCIALIUM DECRETA, ET CANONES, SCHOLIIS, NOTIS AC HISTORICA ACTORUM DISSERTATIONE ILLUSTRATI. Studio ac Labore F. Thomae Philippini Ravennatensis Ejusdem Ordinis
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- Venetiis, Jo Baptistam Albritium, 1724-25,4 tomos en folio, pergamino, 14h.+420, 7h.+395. 8h.+432 y 2h.+464 págs (el tomo III afectado de humedad) + 1 grabado a plena página CANONICO
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THOYRAS (Rapin de). -
HISTOIRE d'Angleterre / par [.]
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Chez Alexandre de Rogissart 1724-1727, A la Haye - 9 v.: il.; 260 mm. Rapin de Thoyras, protestante, foi para Inglaterra depois do Edito de Nantes em 1686 servindo depois William III da Holanda que acompanhou a Inglaterra em 1688. Esta sua história de Inglaterra foi a mais importante até à publicação da de Hume. Raro e valioso. Encadernações uniformes da época inteiras de pele, algumas com lombada restaurada; ligeira acidez.
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LEUTMANN, J.G
Nosce te ipsum et alios. Oder die Wissenschafft Sich Selbst und anderer Menschen Gemüther zu erkennen aus Moral- und Physicalischen Grund-Sätzen hergeleitet. Die Andere Edition Um die Helffte vermehret nebst einem Anhange Von Physicalischer Betrachtung der Temperamente.
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Wittenberg, Gottfr. Zimmermanns sel. Wittwe 1724. Gestochenes Frontispiz, 15 Bl., 176 S. Neuer Ppbd (ohne die 4 Bl. Register). Zweite Ausgabe (erschien zuerst 1719 oder 1720).- Leutmann unterscheidet zwei Wege zur Menschenkenntnis, den physikalischen, der über die Astrologie, Physiognomie, Chiromantie führt (oder über die pseudophysikalischen, wie die Geomantie) und den moralischen, der sich aber auf den physikalischen gründet. Die übliche Vier-Temperamente-Einteilung (cholerisch, sanguinisch, phlegmatisch und melancholisch) erschien Leutmann zu allgemein, weshalb er die planetarische Komponente hinzunahm. Das beste Mittel, einen Menschen kennen zu lernen, sei aber die Konversation und der Schreibstil. Jeder Tugend ordnet Leutmann nun verschiedene Grade zu, die die Laster und entgegengesetzte Extrem bereits in sich tragen (er nennt sie Quellen, die sich dann je nach Zusammensetzung positiv oder negativ zu Bächen vermischen können, wie z. B. Klugheit, Ehrgeiz und Mäßigkeit zu Geschicklichkeit oder Hochmut und Dummheit zu Bauernstolz). So sind die verschiedenen Grade der Frömmigkeit: Gottlosigkeit - Bosheit - Frömmigkeit - Heiligkeit - Aberglaube - Abgötterei. Diese und weitere Erkenntnisse gießt Leutmann in 44 Lebensregeln; der Anhang weist nochmals 110 Paragraphen über die verschiedenen Temperamente auf.- Johann Georg Leutmann (1667 - 1736) war zunächst Pastor und wurde 1725 als Professor der Optik und Mechanik an die neugegründete Akademie der Wissenschaften in St. Petersburg berufen.- Jöcher II,2412.
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John Guillim
A Display of Heraldry [Heraldrie] Sixth Edition, 2 vol set
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Publisher: R & J Bonwicke - Date of Publication: 1724 - Binding: leather_bound - Edition: 6th edition - Condition: VG : in very good condition. Gilt monogram of Musgrove of Edenhall to front. Marbled eps. Ex libris bookplates and tipped-in details of provenance to front pastedown and fep. Contents clean and tight with occasional browning of pages - Description: Full gilt leather binding :: pp. vi, 20, 460; pp. iii, 275, 58, 24 + 20 page index + 60 plates Over 2,400 hand-coloured coats-of-arms within text; 60 engraved plates and tipped-in engraved frontis plate (later addition) 340mm x 250mm (13" x 10") The sixth and, according to Lowndes, 'best edition'. Fully entitled: 'A Display of Heraldry. Improved with large Additions of many hundred Coats of Arms, under their respective Bearings, with good Authorities from the Ashmolean Library, Sir George MacKenzie, &c. With his Tract of Precedency, containing all his Rules, Observations, Arguments, and chief Instances. To which is adde [Publisher: R & J Bonwicke]
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RENUSSON (Philippe de)
TRAITE DU DOUAIRE ET DE LA GARDE-NOBLE ET BOURGEOISE, QU'ON APPELLE BAIL EN PLUSIEURS COUSTUMES, 2 traites en 1 vol.
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, Paris, la Compagnie des Libraires 1724, i-4, pl. veau brun de l'epoque, dos a nerfs orne, tr. rouges, roulette sur les coupes, bandeaux, lettrines, culs de lampe, ex libris manuscrit, (reliure en etat tres mediocre, cuire craquele, deuxieme plat deforme, manques aux coiffes, mors fendus, coins emousses avec petit manques, importantes mouillures, rousseurs), (5 f.)-343 p. + Table - ( 4 f.)-230 p. + Table.
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RENUSSON, P. DE.
Traitez du Douaire, et de la Garde-Noble et Bourgeoisie, qu'on appelle Bail en plusieurs Coustumes.
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A Paris, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1724. (10), 343, (13), (8), 230, 12 pp. 4to. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, all edges red, top of spine slightly damaged, a few spots to the binding, upper extremities with small damage. Camus 1527 (1743 edition). First published in 1699. The 'Douaire' is described in Marion as 'Jouissance accordee a la femme survivant a son mari d'une parti des biens de celui-ci. Le douaire etait stipule avant le mariage. Il etait surtout constitue en immeubles.' Renusson was a learned lawyer and his works have been reprinted and used well into the late 18th century and are still worthwhile consulting according to Michaud. - Some scattered and unobtrusive browning, the first 30 pages with a wormtrack in lower blank margin.
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Philippe de Renusson
Traitez du douaire et de la garde-noble et bourgeoise qu'on appelle bail en plusieurs coustumes, par Me Philippe de Renusson
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pl. veau brun de l??poque, dos nerfs orn?, tr. rouges, roulette sur les coupes, bandeaux, lettrines, culs de lampe, ex libris manuscrit, (reliure en ?tat tr?s m?diocre, cuire craquel?, deuxi?me plat d?form?, manques aux coiffes, mors fendus, coins ?mouss?s avec petit manques, importantes mouillures, rousseurs) [Publisher: La Compagnie des libraires]
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BOURDOT DE RICHEBOURG (CHARLES-ANTOINE) ;
NOUVEAU COUTUMIER GENERAL, OU CORPS DES COUTUMES GENERALES ET PARTICULIERES DE FRANCE ET DES PROVINCES CONNUES SOUS LE NOM DES GAULES. EXACTEMENT VERIFIEES SUR LES ORIGINAUX CONSERVES AU GREFFE DU PARLEMENT DE PARIS, & DES AUTRES COURS DU ROYAUME. AVEC LES NOTES DE MM. TOUSSAINT CHAUVELIN, JULIEN BRODEAU & JEAN-MARIE RICARD, AVOCATS AU PARLEMENT. JOINTES AUX ANNOTATIONS DE MM. CHARLES DU MOLIN, FRANCOIS RAGUEAU & GABRIEL-MICHEL DE LA ROCHEMAILLET (...). A PARIS CHEZ THEODORE LE GRAS 1724
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4 tomes en 8 parties en 8 vol. in-folio, veau fauve, dos a' nerfs orne', tranches mouchetees (reliure de l'epoque). Le plus important recueil des coutumes generales et particulieres de la France. Publie' en 1724 en 4 tomes divises chacun en deux parties, l'ouvrage de Bourdot de Richebourg est le dernier des coutumiers generaux publies. Toutes les coutumes provinciales y sont reproduites ce qui en fait un instrument de travail indispensable. Quelques epidermures, coiffe superieure du tome 1 seconde partie usees, coin inferieur droit du tome tome III seconde partie a' vif, traces d'humidite sans gravite. Bon exemplaire malgre' les defauts signales. Gouron et Terrin, Bibliographie des coutumes de France, 159.
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BOURDOT DE RICHEBOURG (Charles-Antoine) ;
Nouveau Coutumier général, ou Corps des coutumes générales et particulières de France et des provinces connues sous le nom des Gaules. Exactement vérifiées sur les originaux conservés au greffe du Parlement de Paris, & des autres Cours du Royaume. Avec les Notes de MM. Toussaint Chauvelin, Julien Brodeau & Jean-Marie Ricard, Avocats au Parlement. Jointes aux Annotations de MM. Charles Du Molin, François Ragueau & Gabriel-Michel de La Rochemaillet (...).
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A Paris chez Théodore Le Gras 1724 4 tomes en 8 parties en 8 vol. in-folio, veau fauve, dos à nerfsorné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Le plus important recueil des coutumes générales et particulières de la France. Publié en 1724 en 4 tomes divisés chacun en deux parties, l'ouvrage de Bourdot de Richebourg est le dernier des coutumiers généraux publiés. Toutes les coutumes provinciales y sont reproduites ce qui en fait un instrument de travail indispensable. Quelques épidermures, coiffe supérieure du tome 1 seconde partie usées, coin inférieur droit du tome tome III seconde partie à vif, traces d'humidité sans gravité. Bon exemplaire malgré les défauts signalés. Gouron et Terrin, Bibliographie des coutumes de France, 159.
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SCHNEIDEWIN, Johannes :
Institutionum Imperialium D. Justiniani libros, Commentarii, nunc post mortem ejus in usum et gratiam Juris Studiosorum, nec non omnium aliorum praxis forensem sectantium, cum multis Libellorum, et Actuum judicialium formis, atque juris Saxonici consensu et antinomia, editi...
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Cologne, Wilhelm, Metternich, 1724 Tres gros volume petit in-4°, reliure d'epoque plein veau fauve, dos a nerfs decore de fleurons, etiquette de titre rouge, 1903 pages + 39 feuilles d'index, impression en 2 colonnes, portrait grave en frontispice, bois grave au titre (petit trou de ver aux 2 premieres pages). Excellent etat.
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LE GENDRE Louis.
Vie du Cardinal d'Amboise, premier ministre de Louis XIII. Avec un parallele des cardinaux celebres, qui ont gouverne des estats.
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A Rouen, chez Robert Machuel, 1724. In-4 pleine basane havane mouchetee de l'epoque, dos a cinq nerfs, encadrement de double filet dore sur les plats, tranches jaspees, [6]-564 pages, deux portraits-frontispice (du Cardinal et de l'auteur), un portrait de Louis XV enfant en bandeau et une planche depliante graves par J. B. SCOTTIN, une lettrine gravee. BRUNET VI, 23437. (Une charniere fendue, trois coins rognes avec petits manques de cuir et atteinte a un monogramme, bon etat interieur.) BON EXEMPLAIRE. ***___***___*** In-4 full Havana sheepskin mouchetUe of the time, back with five nerves, framing of double net guilt on the dishes, marbled sections, [6] - 564 pages, two portrait-frontispiece (of the Cardinal and the author), a portrait of Louis XV child in headpiece and an extendible board engraved by J.B. SCOTTIN, a engraved reference letter. BRUNET VI, 23437. (A split hinge, three corner cut down with small lacks of leather and attack to a monogram, good interior state.) Book of Latin price of the College of Dormans from Beauvais, in Paris and of which the monogram B D guilt is repeated with the back and the four corner of the dishes, allotted to the pupil Joseph GIRAULD OF MONFOY. GOOD. Livre de prix de latin du College de Dormans de Beauvais, a Paris et dont le monogramme B D dore est repete au dos et aux quatre coins des plats, attribue a l'eleve Joseph GIRAULD DE MONFOY.
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Moll, Herman (c. 1654 - 1732)
A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands, Wherein are Contained Diverse Useful Observations and Discoveries in Respect to Natural History, Antiquities, Customs, Honours, Privilieges, Etc.
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London H Moll, T Bowles, C Rivington and J Bowles 1724. A relatively scarce Moll atlas, which appears infrequently at auction (only 5 times in the last 35 years on ABPC). Complete with 48 county maps plus two folding general maps. Bound in contemporary panelled dark brown calf. Some marginal wear and scuffs to boards. Couple of small areas of surface loss due to slight worming. Rebacked some while ago with raised bands and gilt fleurons to spine compartments. Gilt spine titles on a brown morocco spine label. Minor superficial worming to centre of top compartment. Corners a little bumped. Bookplate of Lord St. Helens to front pastedown. Maps generally very tidy and intact with no staining or foxing. Folding map of Britain with some minor nicks and miscreasing to fore edge and minor short closed tear near gutter. Map of Cornwal (sic) with some candle wax spots to verso leaving some show through. Contemporary ink notes to verso of a few maps. Map of Derbyshire detached and a little scuffed and soiled round the margin with one closed tear of 3 inches into image and a couple of minor marginal closed tears (all silked to verso). Otherwise maps very tidy. Early ink name to margin of page 287 and page 295 partially excised with no loss to the leaf. Wormtrack to top margin of last few text leaves, affecting text slightly, and just noticeable on a couple of maps. Title page with minor loss to top margin at corner. Inscribed 'Hill Boothby June 4th 1736' to top margin first page of text. Folding map, frontispiece, title page, xi, (1), 343, x pages plus 49 further maps. Collates complete. Overall a pretty sound example of this rare Moll atlas with two maps with a little minor damage, but otherwise very tidy. We can send images of this book on request. First Edition No Jacket Original Calf Folio - 13.5 Inches; First Edition. Good
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VERTUE, George.
A Plan of the Great Oke call’d the Green-Dale Oke in the Lane near Welbeck in Nottingham Shire. These Draughts taken 31 August 1727.
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First edition of Vertue’s delightful and rare plates recording the result of a high-spirited wager between Vertue’s patron Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and the Duke of Portland in 1724. Oxford bet his dinner companion that he had a tree on his estate with a trunk wide enough to drive a coach and six through. Portland accepted the bet, and a steward was duly instructed to cut such an opening overnight into the Greendale Oak in Welbeck Park, Nottinghamshire. Welbeck had always been famous for its tremendous oaks, and furnished timber used in the building of St. Paul’s Cathedral and York Minster. The next morning Lord Oxford drove a coach and six through the Greendale Oak. In 1727 Lady Oxford had a cabinet made from the oak taken from the heart of the tree, which had inlaid illustrations of the Greendale Oak and its tunnel. The cabinet also displayed a quote from Ovid, and a quote from Chaucer, which Vertue reproduced on his plates no. II and no. IV respectively. The mutilated Greendale Oak survived until well into the 20th century and was thought to have been older than a thousand years.Vertue’s plates show the tree from three sides with a lone rider and a coach driving through. The first plate shows a cross section of the tree trunk recording the height of the tunnel at more than 10 feet, the width at 6 feet and the length at 12 feet. The first plate also incorporates the title lettering, Vertue’s initials, Lord Oxford’s coat-of-arms, and a map of the location.David Alexander, George Vertue as an engraver, no. 656-60 (curiously dates the set of plates as from ‘1733’, no explanation given why this should be; we would date it nearer ‘1727’ when the cabinet was made), in Walpole Society, vol. 70, 2008; COPAC record only the British Library copy. Folio, 5 engraved plates by and after Vertue (numbered I-V), measuring 355 x 210 mm, four of which are on a full sheet, while the last is on a smaller sheet, inlaid to fit the size of the other sheets (490 x 325 mm); two with a little dust spotting in the margins, but very good impressions; bound by Birdsall & Sohn, Northampton, c. 1900, in dark green half morocco and marbled side, gilt lettered spine. Bookplates of James Ward (dated 1892); and bookplate of William Allen Potter.
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WOLLASTON, WILLIAM
The religion of nature delineated
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London reprinted, 1724. Second edition, 4to, pp. 218; woodcut vignette on title showing a printer in a tri-cornered hat at work at a press, 5 woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials; neat early 2" tape repair in blank gutter margin of title, else good and sound in full contemporary paneled calf perfunctorily rebacked. Benjamin Franklin worked as typesetting for the third edition of this book (1725) which inspired his own "little metaphysical piece," A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, London, 1725. It has always been tempting, however unlikely, to ascribe the errata on the last page in this second edition to Franklin: "These [errata] are such as were collected in haste, but there are more; primarily in respect of Greek and Hebrew letters, accents, points, &c. and perhaps things of greater importance: tho it is hoped only such as a reader may easily correct or will readily forgive.
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Almanach royal pour l'an bissextil MDCCXXIV calcule au meridien de Paris.
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Paris, Laurent d'Houry, 1724. 1 volume in-8 ; [1] feuillet (titre) ; 369 pages. Les pages du calendrier sont interfoliees de feuillets blancs. Manque peut-etre la derniere page (le dernier feuillet est signe "Aa" et le texte s'arrete au milieu d'un mot). Plein maroquin vert d'epoque, dos a nerfs orne, titre dore sur le dos, dentelle doree encadrant les plats, roulette doree sur les coupes, roulette interieure, tranches dorees, soie bleue sur les contreplats. 2 trous de vers sur un mors sans incidence. "Ou l'on trouve le lever et le coucher du soleil, ceus de la lune et ses mouvemens ; les naissances de Princes et Princesses de l'Europe ; le clerge de France ; les Conseils du Roi ; la Grande Chancellerie et ses Officiers ; le Grand Conseil ; le Journal du Palais, le Parlement, la Chambre des Comptes, la Cour des Aides, celle des Monnaies, et des Tresoriers de France, le Chatelet, et autres Juridictions. Les Payeurs des rentes & leurs Controleurs. Les Departemens et Regies des Fermiers Generaux, & autres Compagnies de remarque. Le depart des Couriers, les demeures et route des Messagers, les Foires du Royaume, etc, avec une Table alphabetique des Matieres."
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LENFANT JACQUES -
HISTOIRE DU CONCILE DE PISE, ET DE CE QUI S'EST PASSE' DE PLUS MEMORABLE DEPUIS CE CONCILE JUSQU'AU CONCILE DE CONSTANCE. AMSTERDAM, PIERRE HUMBERT, 1724, DUE VOL. IN UNO, 4 PIENA PELLE COEVA, DORSO CON SNODI, TITOLO E FREGI DORATI, ARMI AI PIATTI (DI DANIEL-FRANCOIS DE GELAS DE VOISINS D'AMBRES, COMTE DE LAUTREC (MARESCIALLO DI FRANCIA, 1686/1762) DUE FRONT. IN ROSSO E NERO CON INC. ED UNA GRANDE TESTATA CON ARMI DI BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG, PP. (6)-LIII-(1)-366 + (4)-327-(33) E 11 + 5 RITRATTI INCISI (DA PICART E ALTRI). IMPORTANTE PER LA STORIA DELLO SCISMA NELLA CHIESA CATTOLICA CON DUE PAPI DEPOSTI, MA RIFIUTANTI SIA A ROMA CHE AD AVIGNONE, UN TERZO NOMINATO MA SENZA POTERE, ECC.
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BOURDOT DE RICHEBOURG (Charles-Antoine) ;
Nouveau Coutumier général, ou Corps des coutumes générales et particulières de France et des provinces connues sous le nom des Gaules. Exactement vérifiées sur les originaux conservés au greffe du Parlement de Paris, & des autres Cours du Royaume. Avec les Notes de MM. Toussaint Chauvelin, Julien Brodeau & Jean-Marie Ricard, Avocats au Parlement. Jointes aux Annotations de MM. Charles Du Molin, François Ragueau & Gabriel-Michel de La Rochemaillet (.).
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chez Théodore Le Gras, A Paris 1724 - 4 tomes en 8 parties en 8 vol. in-folio, veau fauve, dos à nerfs orné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Le plus important recueil des coutumes générales et particulières de la France. Publié en 1724 en 4 tomes divisés chacun en deux parties, l'ouvrage de Bourdot de Richebourg est le dernier des coutumiers généraux publiés. Toutes les coutumes provinciales y sont reproduites ce qui en fait un instrument de travail indispensable. Quelques épidermures, coiffe supérieure du tome 1 seconde partie usées, coin inférieur droit du tome tome III seconde partie à vif, traces d'humidité sans gravité. Bon exemplaire malgré les défauts signalés. Gouron et Terrin, Bibliographie des coutumes de France, 159.
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KOLB, Gregorius:
Series Romanorum pontificum, cum reflexionibus historicis, quas contra D. Joannem Hubnerum ali~sque Lutheranos maxime historicos, a...
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Augustae Vindelicorum (Augsburg), sumptibus Georgii Schluter & Martini Happach, 1724, in-8 , 1 Frontispiz-Titel (gestochen von T. Back nach G. Rog) + 5 Bl., titel mit Druckermarke + 392 S. + 9 Bl., stellenweise gebraunt, 2 hs. Exlibris OJohanos Petri Reijff de Cugie...' und OBibliotheque de la Curi de Cugy', 1 hs. Dichtung auf dem ersten weissen Vorsatzblatt, Lederband mit Schwarzpragung, Rucken auf Bunden. Freiburger (CH) original Preis-Einband. Erstausgabe. Wichtiges Werk uber die Papste mit kurzen Abschnitten uber ihre Amtszeit und einer Chronologie der Papste. Das Frontispiz zeigt folgende Szene: Im Himmel schauen Gott und einige Engel hinunter: den Vatikan auf den Schultern der Papste getragen, vor ihnen im Abgrund Teufel, Lutheraner und Juden. Sommervogel de Backer V/380-81; Hoefer NBG XXVIII/32-33.
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Smalridge, George. (1663-1719)
Sixty Sermons Preach'd ( Preached ) on Several Occasions. By the Right Reverend Father in God, George Smalridge, D. D. , Late Lord Bishop of Bristol, and Dean of Christ-Church, Oxford. Publish'd from the Originals.
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Oxford 1724 - Printed at the Theater, 1724. - Original Cambridge Style leather binding with nicely tooled boards. Spine professionally restored having six raised bands, blindstamped designs, and gilt lettered leather label. Internally, the leaves are clean and crisp. Quite good condition for this rare work. Engraved Portrait Frontispiece of George Smalridge by G. Vertue and G. Kneller and includes the Smalridge Coat of Arms, "Argent, a cross engrailed azure, between four bustards respecting each other sable" (Parker). Other highlights include an engraved Vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on Title page; Imprimatur by Mather, Vice-Can. Oxon. , October, 28, 1724; Copyright License of Mary Smalridge; Twently pages containing the Names of Subscribers; Dedication Latin Poem and Dedication to Princess of Wales. --- George Smalridge (1663-1719). Dean of Christ - Church, Oxford (from 1713) and Bishop of Bristol (from 1714). He was honored by Addison, Steele, and Swift and his sermons were classed of those preached by an English divine. This Folio edition was published by his widow, Mary Smalridge, and dedicated to her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales. ; [28],[20],616 pages. Folio (16" X 10") [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Leupold,Jacob
Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicarum Tomus I und II oder
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- Schauplatz der Wasser-Künste Erster Theil und Anderer Theil. Bestehend in einer vollkommenen Beschreibung und Unterricht meist aller erfundenen Machinen die Wasser dadurch in die Höhe zu treiben oder aus der Tiefe zu erheben. Reprint der Ausgabe von Joh. Friedr. Gleditschens seel. Sohn. Leipzig. 1724 und 1725. Edition "libri rari" Schäfer GmbH. Hannover. 1982. Vorrede + 172 und Vorrede und 165 S. Quart. m. insgesamt 107 s/w. Tafeln. Pp.-1)1 Band Bild einer Tafel.
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Waterland, Daniel
A Critical History of the Athanasian Creed. Representing the Opinions of Antients and Moderns Concerning It: With an Account of the Manuscripts, Versions, and Comments, and such other particulars as are of moment for the determining the Age, and Author, a
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Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press,, 1724.. First edition.. 1/4 calf modern brown marbled pasteboard covers. Banded, with gilt lettering on spine.Names of previous owners on verso of f.f.e.p.. 4to.. Waterland, Daniel, 1683-1740, theologian, "his OCritical History of the Athanasian CreedO (Cambridge, 8vo), in which, upon an exhaustive review of the then accessible evidence, he assigned that symbol to the decade 430-40, and its composition to St. Hilary of Arles. The importance of the work was at once recognised, and a second edition was issued in 1728. ESTC t111484. Lowndes 2852.
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PETAU Denis.
Dionysii PETAVII Rationarium Temporum. In quo aetatum omnium sacra profanaque Historia Chronologicis probationibus munita summatim traditur. Editio recentissima cui accedit Supplementum, quo Historia ad hoc usque Tempus continuatur, ut & Tabulae Genealogicae utriusque, Veteris Recentisque Temporis ; item Tertia Pars, necnon & Notae multo copiosiores, tam priores, quam posteriores : denique Indices longe auctiores.
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Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Theodorum Haak, 1724. Trois parties en un fort volume in-8 plein velin de l'epoque, [150]-660-195-[9]-245-[2] pages, un portrait, un titre-frontispice et 7 planches gravees sur cuivre dont une double. BON EXEMPLAIRE. ***___***___*** Three parts in a strong volume in-8 full vellum of the time, [150] - 660-195- [9] - 245- [2] pages, a portrait, a title-frontispiece and 7 boards engraved on copper of which a double. Denis PETAU (1583-1652) was one of the scientists Jesuits the most distinguished from his century. Appeared the first time in 1633, this shortened edition is, according to QUERARD (VII, 83), one of best. GOOD. Denis PETAU (1583-1652) fut l'un des savants jesuites les plus distingues de son siecle. Parue la premiere fois en 1633, cette edition abregee est, selon QUERARD (VII, 83), une des meilleures.
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SACCHETTI FRANCO
DELLE NOVELLE. IN FIRENZE, S.N., 1724
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Due volumi di cm. 20, pp. (8) 49 (1), 238; (2) 230 (18). Leg. coeva in piena perg. rigida con titoli in oro al dorso; tagli spruzzati. Strappetto all'angolo dell'ultima carta del primo volume senza perdita di testo, segno di tarlo al margine bianco della medesima carta. Lievi bruniture o fioriture dovute alla qualita' della carta, peraltro nel complesso esemplare in buono stato di conservazione. Franco Sacchetti (1330 ca.-1400 ca.), originario di Ragusa in Dalmazia, si stabili' ben presto a Firenze ove ricopri' importanti cariche pubbliche. Questa raccolta di novelle, iniziata prima del 1378 ed ultimata dopo il 1395, include aneddoti, beffe, risposte abili, pettegolezzi di cronaca paesana. Verosimilmente una delle due edizioni contraffatte edite nello stesso anno dell'originale. Cfr. a tal proposito Gamba (849): ""E' noto che esistono tre edizioni diverse con una medesima data, ed e' necessario il notare qui i contrassegni principali che distinguono la originale dalle contraffatte. La prima e legittima edizione ha costantemente gli U maiuscoli vocali col pedino, ed un mellone intagliato in legno, ed impresso dopo le testimonianze intorno al Sacchetti. L'ultima pagina della dedicazione e' di 12 linee [18 nelle edizioni contraffatte], oltre alla sottoscrizione ecc. La parte prima termina a carte 238 invece di 240 [240 nelle contraffatte], essendo replicati i numeri delle pagg. 159 e 160"". La nostra edizione presenta tutte le caratteristiche descritte a proposito dell'originale, eccetto il mellone; presenta invece i due errori di stampa descritti da Gamba a proposito di una delle contraffazioni. (5-S124)
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RONCALLI FRANCESCO.
De aquis brixianis examen chymico-medicum.
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ex typ. Ricciardi,, Brixiae, 1724 - Cm. 28, pp. (16) 172 (12). Frontespizio in rosso e nero con fregio centrale ed il bel ritratto dell'autore inciso in rame fuori testo. Legatura coeva in cart. alla rustica con nervi passanti. Dorso scurito, qualche traccia di polvere ed alcune macchie che interessano il margine interno delle ultime carte e l'angolo alto delle prime, peraltro esemplare genuino, marginoso, stampato su carta forte ed in discreto stato di conservazione. Allegate in fine due lunghe lettere coeve manoscritte di cui una a firma Costantino Roncalli. Edizione originale ed unica di quest'interessante testo sulla qualità delle acque in territorio bresciano. Tratta tra l'altro della fonte di S. Carlo, d'Irma, della Val Camonica e delle sorgenti che sgorgavano sulle rive del fiume Oglio a poca distanza dalla sua immissione nel Lago d'lseo. Di queste il Roncalli eseguì le prime analisi con le conseguenti considerazioni mediche pubblicate nel presente studio. Opera assai rara e spesso ignorata dalle bibliografie. Cfr. De Renzi; non in Lozzi. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de
Le Temple de Gnide
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Chez le Mire Graveur, Paris, 1772. New edition. Frontispiece; pictorial title; coat-of-arms; nine full page plates engraved by N. le Mire from drawings by Charles Eisen; text engraved by Drouot. With a bookplate. This scarce, early work which was published anonymously was inspired by the author's lover, the Marquise de Grave. It is a mildly indecent erotic fantasy which was also a satire on the court of the infant Louis XV. It originally appeared in the periodical, Bibliothèque Francaise, published in Amsterdam in 1724. Purporting to be a translation from the original Greek, the narrator describes Aphrodite's temple at Gnide as well as a visit to the Cave of Jealousy and the healthy atmosphere of the Temple of Bacchus.
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Albert Henri de Sallengre
Novus Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum Congestus AB
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Folio, 23 x 38 cm, extra-engraved title page, two engraved frontispieces, three title vignettes, and eighteen full-page plates -- two of which are folding, one nearly eroded. Also, additional illustrations in the text, and a few chapter vignettes. Printed in double-columns. BRUNET, Vol.V, pt1, p78. UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART. Vol.II, p.1810. Dibdin notes in his commentary on the History of Rome no collection is perfect without this title [see: LIBRARY COMPANION p.138]. Ex-library, bookplates on front pastedown, Rome bookseller label, plates unmarked, extra-engraved title remargined at fore-edge, moderate text age-toning, marbled endpapers and matching edges, elaborate gilt fillet motifs at borders back and front covers, raised bands, black leather spine labels printed in gilt, extremities except for backstrip show shelf wear. A very firm, clean set. [Publisher: Savzet]
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De L'Isle
L'Amerique Septentrionale / L'Amerique Meridonale
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Amsterdam, 1724, Pierre Mortier, Two seperat map sheets., Size : 450x585 (mm), 17.75x23 (Inches), Original Outline Coloring, Very Good, minor browning along the upper portion of the central fold., ; Maps North America; Maps West Indies Whole; Maps South America Continent
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C.F.v.M.:
Gustav Landcron, eines Schwedischen Edelmannes / merckwürdiges Leben und gefährliche Reisen. Auf welchen er als ein warhafter Robinson sich mit einer getauften Türckin bey 12. Jahren, in einer unbewohnten Insel wunderbahr erhalten; auch sonsten die erschrecklichsten Fatalitäten, mit erstaunender Standhaftigkeit erduldet und überwunden hat; Biß er endlich gantz unvermuthet zu einer rechten Glückseeligkeit gelangen können. Nach seinem eigenen etwas undeutlichen Concept, mit verbesserter Schreib-Art und dazu gehörigen Kupfern zum öfentlichen Druck befördert.
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Frankfurth und Leipzig Messe 1724 - 8vo. Doppelblattgr. Titelblatt in Rot und Schwarz gedruckt, 4 Bl., 720 (recte 520, recte 536 S.) mit 1 doppelblattgr. Kupferstich-Frontispiz und 8 Kupfertafeln. Halblederband der Zeit (berieben), St.a.Vorblatt, etwas gebräunt, ordentliches Exemplar. Ullrich 7; Hayn-Got. IV, 18; Brüggemann 121; Rümann 379; Goed. III, 263, 11 (falsch 1726). - Erste deutsche Ausgabe.
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FRIEDRICH AUGUST I. VON SACHSEN.
Erläuterung und Verbesserung der bißherigen Process- und Gerichts-Ordnung. Nebst einem Anhange von dem Processu Summario, Executivo, Cambiali und Possessorio, auch beygefügten unterschiedenen Mandaten und Ordnungen.
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Dresden, mit Krauß- u. Harpeterschen Schriften, 1724. "Kl.-4to. 8 Bl., 312, 206 S., 4 Bl. Hldrbd der späten 18. Jhdts (Kanten bestoßen, 2 alte Besitzvermerke, fürstlicher Stempel auf dem - knickfaltigen - Titel, durchgehend stärker gebräunt, braunfleckig, Marginalien v. alter Hand, stellenweise m. Nässerändern, einige Bl. m. kl. Wurmstichen ohne Textverlust, 80 S. der ""Beylagen"" mit Sengspur u. Fehlstellen in der oberen Ecke). (IBA/0054)" Die verbesserte Kur-Sächsische Prozeßordnung von 1724 mit ausführlichen Erläuterungen zu jedem Artikel. Zu dieser wichtigen Ausgabe vgl. ausführlich: J. Chr. Schwartz, 400 Jahre deutscher Civilprozeß-Gebung S. 164-74. - Ohne das separat mit eigenem Titelblatt erschienene ausführliche 'Register über die Churfürstl. Sächßische Erläuterte Process-Ordnung etc.' (40 Bl.).
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Burigny, Jean Lévesque de).
Histoire de la philosophie payenne, ou sentimens des philosophes et des peuples payens les plus celebres sur Dieu, sur L'Ame et sur les devoirs de L'Homme. 2 Bände. 5 Bl., 389 S.; 4 Bl., 314 S., 8 (1 w.) Bl. Titel in Rot und Schwarz. Schöne geglättete Kalblederbde d. Z. auf 5 Bünden mit Rückentitel, reicher Rücken-, Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung. Marmorpapiervorsätze.
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Den Haag, Pierre Gosse und Pierre de Hondt, 1724. - Erste Ausgabe der umfangreichen Abhandlung über die Philosophie der Heiden, ihre Vorstellungen von Gott, der Seele und den Pflichten des Menschen. Der Philosoph und Historiker Jean Lévesque de Burigny (1692-1785), Bruder des französischen Moralisten Lévesque de Pouilly, galt als eher moderater Wissenschaftler. Heute werden ihm jedoch einige dezidiert religionskritische Werke zugeschrieben, die damals anonym erscheinen mussten wie z. B. 'Examen critique des apologistes de la religion chrétienne' (1766), angeblich von Nicolas Fréret verfasst, der aber bereits 1749 gestorben war, danach Baron Holbach zugeschrieben, was jedoch von Vercruysse in seiner Biographie Holbachs widerlegt wird. ? Papierbedingt etwas gebräunt, Band 2 anfangs stärker. Gutes Exemplar. ? Cioranescu 40139 (Lévesque). Barbier II 706.
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DANIEL GABRIEL
RECUEIL DE DIVERS OUVRAGES PHILOSOPHIQUES, THEOLOGIQUES, HISTORIQUES, APOLOGETIQUES, ET DE CRITIQUE. PARIS MARIETTE 1724
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3 vol. in-4 , XX-789, 606 et 718 pp, rel. bas. ep . "Seule edition collective des oeuvres principales du pere Daniel, historiographe de France (1649-1728). En voici le contenu: I. Voyage du monde de Descartes; traite metaphysique de la nature du mouvement.- Entretiens de Cleandre et d'Eudoxe; De la distinction du probable en pratique et du probable en speculation; De la doctrine de la direction d'intentions; Des equivoques et des restrictions mentales; Lettre de l'abbe' de *** e' Eudoxe; Histoire du concile de Palestine; Traite theologique des peches d'ignorance.- II. Lettre au P. Alexandre; Deffense de Saint-Augustin; Lettre au R.P. Cloche; Lettres au P. Serry; Traite theologique.- III. Histoire apologetique de la conduite des Jesuites de la Chine; dissertations theologiques."
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CONFUCIUS.
The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher, Who flourished above Five hundred Years before the Coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Being one of the Choicest Pieces of Learning Remaining of that Nation. The Second Edition.
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Small 8vo, 152 x 93 mms., pp. [xvi], 136, contemporary sheepskin; small portion missing from lower part of last blank leaf, with partial loss of some contemporary annotations, covers detached, spine worn. A later owner has mounted a nameless bookplate (?Howard of Essingham; with motto "virtus mille scuta" above two heraldic lions), on the front paste-down end-paper, covering up contemporary annotations. The 20th century bookplate of the bookseller John Lawson is also present on the front paste-down end-paper. ESTC notes that this work is "translated and abridged from the Latin translation of Prospero Intorcetta, Philippe Couplet, and others, or from an intervening French translation attributed to Louis Cousin or Jean de La Brune." This copy, which is extensively annotated in a contemporary hand, makes a similar comment on the title-page, noting also that it is "Badly translated" and that it is just a selection from Confucius. In his or her account of the Jesuit origins of the work, the annotator traces its Jesuit origins: "The Jesuits seem to have try'd which c'd lye most in extolling the Chinese." The notes in the text are mostly confined to the first 60 pages, but the rear end-papers are covered with notes, and a folded leaf is loosely inserted between the rear free end-paper and the rear paste-down end-paper, with quotations from various contemporary or earlier authors. Loosely inserted in the same hand is a curious note, 95 x 111 mms., with the designation, "The Real Order of the Ranks of Men," beginning with those who practice Divinity in the top rank, followed by (in rank order), Law, Physick, Mathematicks, Trades, Military, and "The Lowest of all, Sports, Operas, Plays, Races, Boxing, Wrestling, Fencing, Bowls, Dice, Tennis, Cricket, Prisoners [just below Cricket], Riding, Dancing," etc. The annotations would seem to derive from a contemporary Sinologist and would be invaluable for assessing perceptions of Confucius by early 18th century scholars. The work was first published in 1691, followed by a second edition in 1706; this second "second edition" is a re-issue of the 1706 edition (printed for T. Horne), with a cancel title-page, ESTC T140229.
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