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VOLTAIRE
Histoire de Charles XII
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Christophe Revis, Basle (Rouen) 1731 - 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-12 de : I/ iv pp., 355 ; II/ (4) pp., 363 pp. Petites taches brunes dans la marge de 2 ff. Reliés en plein veau blond glacé de l¿époque, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, armes frappées or au centre, dos à nerfs finement ornés de fleurons aux pointillés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge et vert, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges. Reliure de l¿époque. EDITION ORIGINALE. Bengesco, I, n°1257. C¿EST LA PREMIERE ¿UVRE HISTORIQUE DE FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). « VOLTAIRE TRAVAILLA AU MOINS PENDANT CINQ ANS A CE LIVRE. APRES SON RETOUR D¿ANGLETERRE, IL USA DE TOUS LES MOYENS POUR CONTROLER PAR DES TEMOIGNAGES DIGNES DE FOI L¿EXACTITUDE DES FAITS QU¿IL AVAIT RELATES. » (Bengesco). Exemplaire du premier tirage, conforme à celui de la Bibliothèque Nationale, relié comme lui avant l¿adjonction des 2 feuillets d¿errata. LES BEAUX EXEMPLAIRES DE CETTE EDITION ORIGINALE SONT RARES. BEL ET PRECIEUX EXEMPLAIRE RELIE A L¿EPOQUE AUX ARMES DE FRANÇOISE DES CHIENS DE LA NEUVILLE, DAME DE MAILLY DU BREUIL. « Elle épousa André de Mailly, seigneur du Breuil, receveur général des finances de Tours. Ils eurent trois filles qui se marièrent en 1712, 1714 et 1721. » (Olivier, pl. 2041). Provenance : Françoise des Chiens de la Neuville, dame de Mailly (reliure portant ses armes), ex libris manuscrit non identifié sur le titre, Bibliothèque de Nogent-sur-Seine (tampon sur le titre). *** THIS IS THE FIRST HISTORICAL WORK BY FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). « VOLTAIRE SPENT AT LEAST FIVE YEARS WORKING ON THIS BOOK. AFTER HE CAME BACK FROM ENGLAND, HE USED ALL MEANS TO CONTROL THE VERACITY OF THE FACTS HE REPORTED THANKS TO RELIABLE TESTIMONIES. » (Bengesco). FINE AND PRECIOUS COPY PRESERVED IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING WITH THE ARMS OF FRANÇOISE DES CHIENS DE LA NEUVILLE, LADY OF MAILLY DU BREUIL. « She married André de Mailly, lord of du Breuil, tax collector in Tours. They had three daughters that got married in 1712, 1714 and 1721. » (Olivier, pl. 2041). *** [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Schneider, Daniel.
Allgemeines Biblisches Lexicon. 3 Bände.
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Frankfurt, Waldow für Knoch, 1728-1731. - Mit gestochenem Frontispiz, gestochenem Porträt, 3 gestochenen Kopfvignetten, 16 (3 gefalteten) Kupfertafeln, 3 Kupferstichkarten, 6 (2 doppelblattgroßen) Tabellen und einigen Textabbildungen. 10 Blatt, 1214 Seiten; 6 Blatt, 292 Seiten, 2 Blatt, Seiten (293)-1187; 5 Blatt, 725 Seiten, 76 Blatt. 37 x 24 cm, Pergamentbände der Zeit. Umfangreiches Lexikon des lutherischen Theologen Schneider zur biblischen Geschichte und Altertumskunde Vorderasiens. Mit einer Karte von Ägypten. Die Tafeln zeigen Jerusalem, Priestertrachten, Kultgegenstände etc. - Einbände bestoßen und fleckig. Titelei von Band III mit Randausriß und Buchstabenverlust, 2 weitere Blätter mit Randausriss ohne Buchstabenverlust; eine Tafel nur zur Hälfte vorhanden. Kaum gebräunt. Gutes, überwiegend sauberes Exemplar.
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COLOMIE'S.
La Bibliothèque choisie de M. Colomie's. Nouvelle édition augmentée des notes de Messieurs Bourdelot, de la Monnoye et autres ; avec quelques opuscules du même Colomie's, qui n'avaient point été recueillis.
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P., chez la Veuve Florentin Delaulne, 1731 - 345 pp, reliure plein veau marbré, dos à 5 nerfs guillochés et caissons ornés, pièce de titre basane bordeaux, coupes filetées, tranches rouges (rel. de l'époque), coiffe sup. arasée, bon exemplaire. Reliure aux armes de la famille Compain indiquée par une vignette collée sur le 1er plat. Rare Paul Colomiés (1638-1692), théologien, fut bibliothécaire de l'archevêque de Canterbury. Chaque ouvrage cité dans son ouvrage est agrémenté d'un commentaire érudit et curieux.
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HALES, Stephen (1677-1761)
Vegetable staticks : or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables: being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation. Also, a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great variety of chymico-statical experiments; which were read at several meetings before the Royal Society<br>London: printed for W. and J. Innys; and T. Woodward, 1727.
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8vot: A-Z8 2B4, 188 leaves, pp. [7] vii [2] 360. 19 engraved plates: un-numbered, with page references, signed 'S[imon]. Gribelin sculps' or 'S. G.' (placed according to the page references). Leaf size and condition: 192 x 120mm, a good fresh copy. Binding: Contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine, red morocco lettering piece. Rubbed, with some loss of gilt tooling on spine, lettering piece chipped, upper joint starting to crack but sound. Provenance and annotation: Printed shelf label on pastedown 'A121' First edition. A second edition was printed in 1731 as the first volume of Statical essays, the second volume, 1733, being Hales' Haemastatics. ESTC t081048; Horblit 45a; Dibner 26. § In this work Hales laid the foundations of plant physiology; at the same time he inaugurated the experimental study of gasses. He discovered that plants take up an essential nutrient from the air, later identified as carbon dioxide, and discovered sap pressure and transpiration. He describes 124 experiments on gases and his invention of the pneumatic trough, a major advance in the experimental manipulation of gases. His work inspired both Priestley and Black.Vegetable staticks.>>Robert E. Schofield, 'Priestley', DSB 11, 144b.
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Affaire Cadière]. Recueil général des pièces concernant le procez entre la Demoiselle Cadière de la Ville de Toulon. Et le Père Girard, Jésuite, Recteur du Séminaire Royal de la Marine de ladite Ville.
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1731 - 42 pièces reliées en 2 vol. in-folio, précédées pour chaque tome d'un feuillet de titre général et d'un feuillet de table, veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Bel exemplaire grand de marges. Réunion de pièces relatives au procès du Père Girard, de la compagnie de Jésus, accusé devant le Parlement d?Aix de séduction et de magie ; mais soutenu par les jésuites, d'accusé il devint accusateur, et le parlement d'Aix qui voulait sa mort le renvoya aux juges ecclésiastiques, qui se hatèrent de l'absoudre. « Ce procès qui retint l'attention de toute l'Europe scandalisée, se termina par l'acquitement de Girard, accusé "d'enchantement, rapt, inceste spirituel, avortement et subornation de témoins". Voici ce que semblent avoir été les faits, ce qu'attestèrent de nombreux témoins, dans un procès fort confus et que le père compliqua à souhait, dans une défense toute jésuitique. A dix-huit ans, Catherine Cadière prend comme directeur de conscience le père Girard, qui un jour, se penche sur sa bouche et lui jette un souffle. Dès lors, elle se sent transportée d'amour pour lui, elle est possédée. Elle a des extases, des visions, des crises convulsives où elle crie et blasphème. Certaines sont si violentes qu'elle doit garder le lit, ce qui permet au père de s'enfermer avec sa pénitente dans sa chambre. il profite de la violence d'un "accident d'obsession" qui la met hors de l'usage de ses sens pour se livrer à tous les attraits de la volupté et pour commettre les "crimes les plus infâmes". Elle fut enceinte, il la fit avorter. Il la fit enfin enfermer dans un couvent où il continua de la rencontrer jusqu'au jour où elle raconta tout à un autre confesseur » (Dictionnaire des oeuvres érotiques, 418). Tome I. [GASSAUD]. Justification de Mademoiselle Catherine Cadière.S.l. 1731. In-folio de (2)-10 pp. Réponses du Père Girard.S.l.n.d. 12 pp. [Chaudon]. Mémoire Instructif Pour Demoiselle Catherine Cadière de la ville de Toulon ; apelante comme d?abus de la procédure faite par l?Official en l?Evêché de la même ville, à la Requête du Promoteur & par apel simple de la procédure faite contr?elle par Messieurs les commissaires du Parlements, du Décret d?Ajournement, personnel contr?elle laxé, & à manimâ du Décret d?Assigné par eux rendu; demanderesse en Lettre Royaux incidentes de restitution, du 19. Mai 1731. & au principal querellante en Enchantement, Rapt, Inceste Spirituel, Avortement & Subornation de témoins. Contre le Père Jean-Baptiste Girard Jésuite. et. M. le procureur générale du roi. Aix, David,1731. In-folio de 57 pp. [Pazery Thorame]. Mémoire Instructif pour le Père Jean-Baptiste Girard Jésuite, Recteur du Séminaire Royal de la Marine de la ville de Toulon. Contre Marie-Catherine Cadière, & encore Monsiuer le Procureur Général du Roy, Querellant. A Paris, Gissey, Bordelet,1731. In-folio de (4)-58 pp. Recueil Des Lettres du Père Girard et de la Demoiselle Cadière dont les originaux ont été produits au procés. Réflexions générales sur ces lettres. Gissey, 1731. In-folio de 44 pp. Yves-Plessis 1454. [Chaudon]. Mémoire Instructif, Pour Demoiselle Catherine Cadière de la ville de Toulon, querelante & Décrétée. Contre le Père Jean-Baptiste Girard, Jésuite, Querellé; & encore M. le Procureur Général du Roy. A Aix, de l?Imprimerie de la Veuve de Joseph Senez, 1731. In-folio de 18 pp. Yves-Plessis 1412. [Chaudon]. Réponse Au Mémoire Instructif du Père Jean-Baptiste Girard, Jésuite, Pour Demoiselle Catherine Cadière de la ville de Toulon, Querelante & Decretée. Contre le Père Jean-Baptiste Girard, Jésuite. S.l.n.d. (Aix, Senez, 1731). In-folio de (2)-84 pp. Mémoire du Père Girard, Jésuite. Réponse de la Demoiselle Cadière. Aix, David, 1731. In-folio de 4 pp. [Bougarel]. Mémoire Instructif Pour Messire Francois Cadière, prêtre de la ville de Toulon, appelant du décret d?assigné contre lui rendu le 23 février dernier, et de ce qui s?en est ensuivi. Contre M. le Procureur du Roy, intimé & défenseur. A Aix, de l?Imprimerie
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CELLARIUS, CHRISTOPH.
Notitia Orbis Antiqui, Sive Geographia Plenior, Ab Ortu Rerum Publicarum Ad Constantinorum Tempora Orbis Terrarum Faciem Declarans. Ex Vetustis Probatisque Monimentis Collegit, Et Novis Tabulis Geographicis... Illustravit.
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Lipsia: Apud Joh. Friderici Gleditschii, B. Fil. 1731-1732.. Quarto. Two volumes. I: [xii], 1088, [lxx]pp.; II: [xii], 18, 970, [lxiv]pp. I: a2 (last leaf mismarked a3), b4, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Zzz4, Aaaa4-Zzzz4, Aaaaa4-Zzzzz4, Aaaaaa4-Zzzzzz4, Aaaaaaa4-Fffffff4 (Fffffff4 blank); II: a4-d4, (A) 4-(Z) 4, (Aa) 4-(Zz) 4, (Aaa) 4-(Zzz) 4, (Aaaa) 4-(Zzzz) 4, (Aaaaa) 4-(Zzzzz) 4, (Aaaaaa) 4-(Oooooo) 4. Nineteenth-century cloth over marbled boards. With a portrait of the author by M. Bernigeroth, engraved vignettes repeated, and 33 engraved folding maps and 1 engraved plate. Brunet I, col. 1724; Sabin 11655; cf. Laor 201, 202. Some browning to paper.
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Ribadeneira, Petrus (de)
Der Triumphirenden Tugend Dritter Theil: Oder Zusatz zu denen zweyen Theilen, Welche von außerleßenen Leben der Heiligen . in Spanischer Sprach zusammen getragen/ Und (von) Joannes Hornig . in die Teutsche Sprach übersetzt . Erstlich die Leben der Heiligen und Seligen/ . Zweytens Etwelcher anderer Heiligen und Seligen/ . beschrieben . von Maximilian Rassler .
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Augsburg und Dillingen, Johann Caspar Bencards seel. Wittib und Consorten, 1731 - Mit 1 Titelkupfer und 50 Textkupfern, Format: 34 x 21 x 11,5 cm (Folio), Leder der Zeit über Holzdeckeln, auf 5 Bünden, 5 Blätter, 1238 Seiten, 26 Blätter "Nahmen-Taffel" und 15 Blätter "Blatt-Weiser" Verfasser ist der Jesuit, Historiker und Schriftsteller Pedro de Ribadeneira (Toledo, 1526 - Madrid, 1611). - Dargestellt wird das Leben von 129 (!) Heiligen und Seligen. Unterschiedliche, meist schwächere Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren am Einband. Der Vorderdeckel und 1 leeres Vorsatzblatt sind lose. Außer diesem Schaden ist die Bindung aber völlig intakt. Reste von zwei entfernten Schließen. Schnitt gleichmäßig gedunkelt. - Die farbigen Vorsätze auf den Innendeckeln sowie die je zwei leeren Vorsätze anfangs und am Schluß sind stärker leimschattig an den Rändern. Großes, gestochenes Exlibris eines Geistlichen auf dem Vorsatz. Titelbild fleckig und gebräunt. Sonst innen insgesamt gut erhalten. Die Textkupfer sind sauber und in klaren Abdrucken. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Plan of the Gardens and Plantations of Lowther Hall in Westmoreland the Seat of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Landsdale. Les Jardins &c.de Lowther Hall dans Westmoreland Maison de Viscomte Lansdale. p: 76. Vol: 3.d [Key lettered A to M, top left-
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Ca: Campbell Delin: H: Hulsbergh Sculp: [n.d. c.1731.] Engraving. Plate 381 x 247mm. 15 x 9¾". Garden plan from Henry Hulsbergh's "Vitruvius Brittanicus" series. Lowther Castle in the county of Westmoreland, has belonged to the Earls of Lonsdale since the Middle Ages. Circa 1690 the first Lowther Hall was demolished by John, 1st Viscount Lonsdale. The demolition took place to make room for a new house that was built 1692-95. Viscount Lonsdale consulted the best architects of the day (Robert Hooke, William Talman), but used none of them. Talman's design for the elevation may have been used, however, and Machell, a neighbor and antiquary, may have helped with Talman's designs. This second house was 15 bays with projecting wings and enclosed an inner court. The interior had a series of painted ceilings by Verrio depicting Olympian scenes. In 1718, when the new house was just completed, it was badly damaged by fire. Lord Lonsdale consulted James Gibbs and Colen Campbell about rebuilding.
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[ CREED, CARY ] ; THOMAS HERBERT, 8TH EARL OF PEMBROKE,
The Marble Antiquities of The Right Honourable, the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House. Privately Printed 1731
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Privately Printed, 1731. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Hardcover, Gilt-decorated Morocco, Very Good. 74 etchings + 4 from another work. Lacks the introductory leaf. Usually this work has 70 plates, but this copy also has the 4 supplementary plates numbered 71 - 74 that are seen in Sheffield University's copy. According to BL "74 plates now because here are the 4 last statues which were thought to have been done by the another, those who have only 70 may also add these." OCLC lists four UK copies. The BL has two, one with 40 pl. and one with 70 pl. Sheffield University has a copy with 74 pl. as does Cambridge. The Blackmer copy had 74 plates ( Blackmer 426 ). Lowndes mentions that the work was published at 35s. and two copies selling at 2l. 15s. and 6l. 6s. J. Powell in ink on the f.f.e.p. as well as J. Powell, Swindon, Wilts. in a purple pencil in a large hand on the front pastedown. The bookplate of Elijah Impey upside down on the rear pastedown. All edges gilt, a lovely plum morocco binding, circa 1830, with a swirly outline design to the boards including urns and lyres, and what looks like birds plucking fruit from the urns, and a suspended lamp at the top. There is then a border of 9 lines, 7 thin, and two thicker. Gilt line to the edge, and inner dentelle gilt lines and border. The spine just has the title 'Plates' (there was no text), and filled in compartments surrounded by lines. A lovely and very scarce item, amongst one of the earliest illustrated records of a private collection. 102a
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SCHEUCHZER, Johann Jakob
Physica Sacra...
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Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-35 1731 8 vols bound in four, folio (371 x 240 mm),pp. [xlviii, including eight title-pages] 1536 [96], with 3 mezzotint engraved portraits of Scheuchzer and Pfeffel (that of Pfeffel repeated), engraved frontispiece, and 760 engraved plates on 758 leaves, the rainbow plate 66 partly hand-coloured as is correct; small marginal tear to prelims of text of vol 4, with old repair without loss, otherwise a very clean, crisp, unpressed copy in contemporary German vellum, old stamps of Glasgow University Library on endleaves. £7500First edition of Scheuchzer's magnum opus, a detailed elucidation of events in the Bible in terms of physics, medicine, and natural history. Scheuchzer's vast erudition is displayed in the full in the massive text that seeks to provide a scientific explanation of Biblical history, including the Creation, the Deluge, various miracles, a taxonomy of all the plants and animals mentioned, etc.'In Scheuchzer's gigantic work, Physica Sacra, the Baroque attains, philosophically as well as artistically, its high point and its conclusion. It is the last of those elegant works which do not really contain illustrations to a text but which are, in effect, composed of splendid plates with a text to accompany them. The best engravers of the time took part... and made the whole splendor of Baroque chalcography appear once more' (Faber du Faur p 472). The plates were designed by Johann Melchior Füssli and the thematic borders by J.D. Preissler; they were engraved by a team of engravers working under J.A. Pfeffel.Nissen ZBI 3661; Faber du Faur 1855
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Montagu, George; Walpole, Robert; Dodington, George Bubb and Layton, William EAST INDIA COMPANY
Original Early Manuscript Certificate Regarding Duties on Salt and Paper Applied to the East India Company, Signed by George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, Robert Walpole, George Bubb Dodington and William Layton
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1731. Original Signed Manuscript Certificate. Folio, double page, content in fine hand to two pages, measuring approximately 12 x 7 inches (30 x 18cm). mounted on a bordered sheet. Indication of fold to center, mild age toning, otherwise in very good and original condition. Nicely preserved. Original manuscript certificate reporting duties previously applied to the East India Company and transferred to the Exchequer for the Bank of England, signed by George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, who served as the Auditor of the Exchequer from 1714-1739; Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, 1st Baron Walpole; and George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC. . Signed.
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Moivre, Abraham de.
Annuities upon lives: or, the valuation of annuities upon any number of lives; as also, of reversions. To which is added, an appendix concerning the expectations of life, and probabilities of survivorship.
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London printed: and, Dublin re-printed, by and for Samuel Fuller, 1731. Octavo. 6, viii, 122pp. A4-R4 (- R4 blank). Second edition. Disbound. Title-page reinforced at the gutter. A wormhole running through the entire book, affecting at the most a letter through the first 80 pages. Although it gets a bit larger thereafter, it luckily affects more white space than printed matter.
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Eleonora Maria Rosalia, Herzogin zu Troppau und Jägerndorff.
Granat-Apffel des Christlichen Samariters. Oder: [.] eröffnete Geheimnisse vieler vortrefflicher bewährter Artzneyen, aus berühmter Leib-Aertzten, oder Medicin-Doctorn, lang gepflogener Erfahrenheit [.] zusammen getragen. Samt einer Diaet, wie sich bey jeder Kranckheit in Essen und Trincken zu verhalten; Wie auch Einem Neuen Koch-Buch [.].
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Nürnberg, Trautner und Schmidt, 1731. - 4°. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz m. gest. Vignette. 1 Bl., 588 S., 5 Bll., Pgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden, dreiseitigem Rotschnitt u. handschriftl. Rückentitel. Spätere Ausgabe des verbreitetsten Kompendiums der Volksmedizin der Barockzeit. Das hier enthaltene, mit separatem Titel („Ein neues und nutzbahres Koch-Buch [.]") erschienene Kochbuch mit 531 Kochrezepten und Register war den ersten Auflagen noch nicht beigegeben. - „Trotz der zahlreichen Auflagen ist das Buch nur in wenigen Exemplaren auf uns gekommen; die große Masse hat sich - der beste Beweis für die Wichtigkeit und Popularität des Werkes - im täglichen Gebrauch selbst aufgezehrt. Das Buch enthält über 1750 Rezepte für allerlei Krankheiten [.]. Besonders groß ist die Zahl der Vorschriften für Frauen- und Kinderkrankheiten" (Bohatta, Eleonora). - Besondere Beachtung verdient das Kochbuch, „In welchem Zu finden, wie man verschiedene herrliche und wohl-schmäckende Speisen von gesottenen, gebratenen und gebackenen, als allerhand Pastetten, Torten, Krapffen, etc. sehr künstlich und wohl zurichten [.]". - Einband leicht berieben bzw. fleckig. Deckeln min. verzogen. Titel mit kl. tlw. hinterlegten Randläsuren sowie kl. späterem Namenszug. Etw. gebräunt bzw. (stock-) fleckig, sonst schönes Exemplar. - Bohatta 15; Wellcome II, 518; Weiss 2300; vgl. Blake 460; Ferguson I, 235; Horn/A. 128.
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Barnim und Philippen:
Kirchen-Ordnung im Lande zu Pommern/Durch die Durchläuchtigen, hochgeborenen Fürsten und Herren, Herrn Barnim und Herrn Philippen, hochlöblicher Gedächtniß, Beyde Herzogen zu Stettin, Pommern, der Lassuben und Wenden, Fürsten zu Rügen, und Grafen zu Güstow u. unfänglich auf dem Land-Tage zu Treptow, Anno M. D. XXXV. geschlossen,., mit eingebunden ist "Kirchen-Agend, Das ist: Ordnung der Heiligen Kirchen-Aemter und Zeremonien,Wie sich die Pfarr-Herren, Seel-Sorger und Kirchen-Diener in ihrem Amt verhalten sollen für die Kirchen in Pommern, auf Befehl der Durchläuchtigten, hochgeborenen Fürsten und Herren, Herrn Barnim den Aeltern, Herrn Johann Friderichen, Herrn Bugslassen, Herrn Ernst Ludewigen, Herrn Barnim den Jüngern und Herrn Lafimiren.
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- Kerken-Ordeninge Im Lande tho Pamern/ Dorsch de Dorchflüchtigen, Hochgebarnen Försten unde Herren, . Greifswald, Jacob Löfflern., 1731. 112, 488, 40, 16 Seiten. Fol., > 35 - 45 cm, gebundene Ausgabe, Paralleldruck in deutsch und holländisch, Pergamentbuchrücken und -deckel, braun, fester Buchblock. Seiten altersgemäß nur zum Teil mit Gilbspuren, innen keine Anstreichungen, Markierungen oder Beschädigungen, daher Zustand (2) Sprachen sind holländisch und deutsch im Paralleldruck. Beide Bände haben jeweils zwei Titelseiten, einmal auf deutsch, einmal auf holländisch. Bei dem zweiten Band ist die deutsche Titelseite zweifarbig. Bugenhagen, seit 1522 verheiratet, seit 1523 Pfarrer an der Wittenberger Stadtkirche und damit der Beichtvater Luthers, mit Luther und Melanchthon eng und freundschaftlich verbunden, wird neben seinen pfarramtlichen Aufgaben und seiner Lehrtätigkeit von Städten, Fürsten und Königen zum Aufbau des neuen evangelischen Kirchenwesens herangezogen. Er ordnet das Kirchenwesen in: Braunschweig 1528, Hamburg 1528/29, Lübeck 1530/32, Pommern 1535, Dänemark 1537/39, Hildesheim und Wolfenbüttel 1542 und verfaßt die Kirchenordnungen. Im Blick auf seine Herkunft und seine Verdienste für Pommern wird Bugenhagen der Titel »Doktor Pomeranus« beigelegt. - Kirche, Religion, Preußen, Pomeranus, Bugenhagen, Prostestanten, Holland, Niederlande.Holland, Kirchenordnung, Protestantismus, Luther. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Tirini, R. P. Jacobi
R.P. Jacobi Tirini Antverpiani e¿ Societate Iesu Commentarius in Sacram Scripturam : duobus tomis comprehensus; primo quidem, post varia prolegomena Vetus fere¿ Testamentum, altero, duodecim Prophetae Minores, Machabaeorum liber uterque, ac Novum Testamentum explanantur
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Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, Venetiis 1731 - Two volumes, Hardcover, 13 x 10 inches, unpaginated. 319 and 444 pages, plus lengthy unpaginated index. Sturdy modern red library-style binding in fine condition. Spine label is: Commentary. J. Tirini. Pages are unworn; some are darkened. Large fold-out map of Europe; and fold-out charts. Photos on request. Shelved in Religion. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Inigo Jones. WARE, Isaac.
Designs of Inigo Jones and Others.
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- London, Isaac Ware [1731]. Quarto contemporary calf (label missing, front hinge cracked but firm); engraved title, 5 engraved pages listing plates on three leaves and 48 plates numbered to 53 (six double page of which five carry two numbers). A rather good copy, fresh and crisp, with the charming armorial bookplate of White of Lincolns-Inn which is handcoloured and touched with gold. I suspect this is William Archibald Armstrong White but there were a few Whites of Lincolns Inn. First edition. Ware's first substantial production as part of the Burlington circle, in a way a popular version of the grander book produced by William Kent in 1727. Here the designs are mostly those of Jones and Kent (one is Burlington's) but a few had not been published before. Eileen Harris pointed out in her note on the William Kent book that its greatest influence is apparent in the use of details - doors, windows, ceilings, fireplaces &c - and doubtless the same claim can be made for this book; there are many fine details.
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[Cave, Edward, (Ed. )]
The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer
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London: for the Author [and others], 1731–1814. 116 volumes, octavo. Late 18th-and early 19th-century calf, sides ruled with a double gilt fillet, smooth spines with gilt centre-tools, red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers. 1, 663 engraved plates (334 folding, 7 hand coloured). A few joints split or heads of spines chipped but a particularly nice set and an unusually long run of this famous periodical from its first issue, uniformly bound (only the simple gilt decoration on the spines differing a little as the set was put together over the years). Provenance: rococo bookplates of Edward Warner of Leyton in the earlier volumes, succeeded by 19th-century armorial bookplates of his son, Thomas Courtenay Warner. An excellent run from the first volume onwards of the work that gave birth to one of the major publishing forms of the modern era, the magazine. "It began modestly as a digest of London newspapers and periodicals for country customers (an orientation signalled in Cave's editorial pseudonym, Sylvanus Urban), but it went on to prosper and survive until 1922. At 6d. and seven octavo half-sheets it truly gave 'more in quantity, and greater variety, than any Book of the kind and price' (Bavius)" (ODNB). "By January 1739 original matter had largely replaced … extracts; the magazine assumed a more serious character, and included parliamentary reports, maps, music, and a record of publications. The change in the character of the paper was in accordance with suggestions made to the editor by Samuel Johnson, who at this time became a regular contributor (until 1744), with considerable influence on its management. He at first edited, and subsequently wrote, the parliamentary reports. The Gentleman's Magazine lasted until 1914" (Oxford Companion to English Literature, Sir Paul Harvey, ed. ) After Cave's death in 1754, the magazine was run by his family until John Nichols took it over in 1778. The periodical is inevitably rich in historical interest. Of particular note is an early printing of the American Declaration of Independence (vol. XLVI, August 1776) among much else on the American Revolution; while volume LXXVI Part 2 (November 1806) contains the first printing of the classic children's poem The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by William Roscoe (see Carpenter and Prichard, Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). As usual, the first few volumes comprise early reprints (Jan 1731 is the fifth edition; Feb 1731, the fourth; and so on). Cave's success at first took him by surprise; he was compelled to reprint magazines from the earliest years to match demand for back numbers and volumes. From vol. IV onwards in this set all parts are first editions. Courtney & Nichol Smith pp. 5–6. A FINE RUN OF THE GENT'S MAG
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DITHMAR, JUSTUS CHRISTOPH :
2 Werke in einem Band. 1.Geschichte Des Ritterlichen Johanniter-Orden Und dessen Herren-Meisterthums In der Marck / Sachsen / Pommern und Wendland Worinn des am VII. April dieses Jahrs gehaltenen Ritter-Schlags Solennitaeten Verzeichniß der investirten Ritter und derselben Stamm-Wappen wie auch Ursprung des Ritterschlagens und Ritterlichen Orden. Franckfurth an der Oder, Conradi, 1728, 7 Bl., 96 S., 3 Bl. Register + 12 gest. Wappentafeln u. 2 ganzseit. gest. Abb.; 2. Genealogisch-historische Nachricht Von denen Hochwuerdigsten und Durchlauchtigsten Herren-Meistern Des Ritterlichen
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Johanniter-Ordens In der Marck / Sachsen / Pommern und Wendland / Samt Des Jetzigen Herren-Meisters Prinz Karln, Prinzen in Preußen. Koenigl. Hoheit, Wahl und Installation, Wie auch denen unter Hoechst Deroselben Regierung am 16.Aug. und 20.Sept. 1731 imgleichen den 26. October 1735 geschehenen Ritter-Schlägen, und derer Ritter Wappen und Ahnen-Taffeln. Franckfurth an der Oder, Hartmann, 1737, 4 Bl., 128 S. mit einigen Vignetten; Anderer Theil: 83 S.+ 16 gest. Wappentafeln, 1 ausklappb. Stammtafel, Pappband der Zeit, berieben, der Rücken von vermutl. priv. Hand überklebt, vord. Gelenk angebrochen (nichts lose), innen geringfüg. gebräunt, die ausklappb. Stammtafel mit kleinem Einriss, noch gutes Exemplar..
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!_!# Anonym (Nicolas Jouin)
Les deux harangues des habitans de la paroisse de Sarcelles, à Monseigneur l'archevêque de Paris, et Philotanus, revû & corrigé.
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Jean-Baptiste Girard, Aix 1731. Edition Originale / Originalausgabe Leder Sehr Ordentlich Text Französisch. Marmorierter Ganzlederband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken und Titelschildchen, einige Abriebsspuren, echte Patina! Farbig marmorierter Vor-/Nachsatz mit Namensaufkleber, 2 Namenseintragungen aus alter Hand, 136 paginierte Seiten, mit zugeordneten Fußnoten, klar gedruckt, praktisch stockfleckenfrei, eine wunderbare Satire in Versen gegen den Jesuiten. Dieser Text gehört zu den "Sarceladen" (eine Gemeinde in der Nähe von Paris) von Nicolas Jouin (1684-1757), französischer Poet, Jansenist, Zeitgenosse Voltaires. Diese angreifenden, bissigen Reden voller Humor verspotteten die Pfarrer, die von den Erzbischöfen von Paris ernannt wurden. Die "Harangues" sind sehr lustig und lesen sich fließend. Ein seltenes Buch in sehr ordentlichem Zustand. Edition originale, relié cuir basane, dos avec dorures, solide, pratiquement sans rousseurs, 136 pages. Contient : La première harangue, la deuxième harangue, un épigramme contre le père Girard, une lettre de Monsieur Le Cardinal de Tournant, Philotanus. Poème. Dans l`ensemble bon état général. "Nicolas Jouin (1684-1757), poète français satirique et janséniste.On ne connaît presque rien de la vie de ce contemporain de Voltaire, on sait seulement que, après avoir exercé le commerce de la joaillerie, il s'établit banquier à Paris où il mourut. Il était lié avec l'abbé Grécourt, et pendant près de trente ans il publia des satires et des libelles contre les jésuites et contre les prélats qui voulaient que, dans leurs diocèses, les curés se conforment à la bulle Unigenitus. La foule de petits pamphlets en vers et en prose que l'on doit à ce poète théologien, se fait remarquer par un ton plus que grivois, et en même temps par l'érudition décallée des notes explicatives. La médisance et la calomnie prennent dans sa prose un caractère sérieux, qui contraste avec le ton burlesque de ses vers. En 1729, l'archevêque de Paris, Vintimille, ayant suspendu de l'exercice de ses fonctions le curé de Sarcelles, du Ruel, qui avait refusé d'accepter la constitution Unigenitus, le parti janséniste prit fait et cause pour cet ecclésiastique. À cette occasion, Jouin composa, sous le nom de Sarcelles, des harangues en vers et en patois, qui étaient censées être adressées par les habitants du village de Sarcelles à de Vintimille. Le succès de ces harangues fit naître un genre littéraire, les Sarcellades à l'instar de Jean-Joseph Vadé et de ses histoires poissardes" (de: Wikipedia). 10 x 16,5 Cm. 0,15 Kg. -
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CRESCIMBENI, Giovan Mario
L'ISTORIA DELLA VOLGAR POESIA scritta da Gio. M. Crescimbeni, Canonico di Santa Maria in Cosmedin e custode di Arcadia. Nella seconda impressione, fatta l'anno 1714 d' ordine della Ragunanza degli Arcadi, corretta, riformata e notabilmente ampliata; E in questa Terza pubblicata unitamente coi Comentari intorno alla medesima, riordinata ed accresciuta
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Venezia, Presso Lorenzo Basegio. Con licenza de' Superiori, e privilegio 1731 - 1730 - Giovan Mario Crescimbeni, letterato (Macerata 1663 - Roma 1728), fu il principale fondatore dell'Arcadia (1690), di cui fu custode generale fino alla morte. Assai pi`u importanti delle Rime (1695; ed. def., 1723) sono: l'Istoria della volgar poesia (1698), primo tentativo, ricco di notizie erudite, di una storia generale della poesia italiana; i dialoghi La bellezza della volgar poesia (1700); i Comentarj intorno alla storia della volgar poesia Fioriture e bruniture, alcuni fori di tarlo. Stampato su una colonna, anche in corsivo. 6 libri in 4 volumi (il terzo contiene i libri 3 e 4, il quarto contiene i libri 5 e 6, ognuno con il proprio frontespizio ed occhietto) stampati su una colonna, anche in corsivo. Tit. dell'occhietto dei 6 v.: Dell'istoria della volgar poesia scritta da Giovan Mario Crescimbeni volume primo [-sesto]. Insegna degli Arcadi xil. sul front. dei 6 v. Iniziali xil. Nel I vol.: 1731, ritr. calcogr. del dedicatario Francesco Carafa Pacecco disegnata e incisa da Antonio Baldi (cart. ripiegabile) e, prima del testo, ritratto inciso dell'autore, a tutta pag. Contiene il I libro dell'Istoria e il I vol. de' Comentarj intorno alla medesima. 2ccnn, 1c(ripiegabile), 16ccnn, 1c (ritratto), 480pp. Nel II vol.: 1730, dedica al card. Filippo Antonio Gualtieri, contiene il vol. II parte I de' Comentarj e i libri II, III, IV dell'Istoria del 1714, 4ccnn, 564pp. Nel III vol.: 1730, dedica al cardinale Benedetto Panfilio, contiene i primi 3 libri del vol. II parte II ed i primi tre del vol. III de Comentarj, 4ccnn, 359pp, 1pb. Nel IV vol.: 1730, dedica al principe Alessandro di Pollonia e Lituania, contiene i libri IV, V, VI, del vol. II parte II e i tre ultimi libri del vol. III de' Comentarj, 4ccnn, 312pp. Nel V vol.: 1730, dedica a Carlo Carrafa, duca di Mataluna, contiene il vol. IV de' Comentarj, il libro V dell'Istoria (1714) e vol V de' Comentarj e il libro VI ed ultimo dell'Istoria (ediz. 1698), 4ccnn, 365pp, 1pb, 1cb. Nel VI vol.: 1730, dedica al card. Lorenzo Corsini ora N. S. Papa Clemente XII, contiene: la bellezza della volgar poesia, vita di Gio. Mario Crescimbeni ., di Francesco Maria Mancurti, la breve notizia dello Stato antico e moderno dell'Adunanza degli Arcadi pubblicata l'anno 1712, un Ristretto dell'Adunanza fino all'anno 1718, il racconto della funzione fattasi nel getto della prima pietra ne' fondamenti del nuovo Teatro degli Arcadi, la Descrizione del Teatro medesimo e il Catalogo degli Arcadi per ordine d'alfabeto, tra le pagg. 342-343, una carta ripiegabile ft raffigurante il Teatro degli Arcadi, 7ccnn, 460pp, 1c ripiegabile 4 volumi 2631 complessive pp. 8^0 22,5x16,5 Bruniture e fori di tarlo, nel complesso pi`u che buon esemplare Pergamena rigida con nervature e titolo manoscritto al dorso
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d' Aubigne, Théodore-Agrippa
Memoires De La Vie De Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigne, Ayeul de Mad De Maintenon, Ecrits par Lui Meme. Avec Les Memoires De Frederic Maurice De La Tour, Prince De Sedan. Une Relation De La Cour De France En 1700. Par M. Priolo, Ambassadeur De Venice
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- Amsterdam: Chez Jean Frederic Bernard, 1731 [1731]. 8vo, xx, 222., xxii, [23-245] with 4 p. Catalogue des livres imprimez chez J. F. Bernard ads at rear. Full calf, with five raised spine bands and gilt spine compartments. Ex libris A Mottin. Title page to Vol I has been replaced with a high quality facsimile, with a small repair to lower front panel. Original title to Vol II present. Marginalia to first page, old inscription to fep. Light bowing to boards, an otherwise VG copy. First edition of this work, an account of the life of Aubigne?, Agrippa d', 1552-1630. Brunet I-545, Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, III, 203.
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The Book of Common Prayer Together With The Psalter or Psalms of David
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Henry Hills, UK 1731 - New Edition 1731. With fifty six engravings. A nice example of an early Book of Prayers with an excellent original leather binding. Book is very good and bright. dges lightly rubbed and boads wth an nice aged patina. Contents very good. Inscriptions to endpapers. PLEASE DOUBLE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Digital images available upon request. Ref 5444 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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VIDA MARCO GIROLAMO.
Poemata Omnia quae ipse vivens agnoverat; duobus voluminibus comprehensa. Editio omnium emendatissima curantibus Jo. Antonio, et Cajetano Vulpiis fratribus. Quae praeterea accesserint, Epistola ad Lectorem factis ostendit.
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Excudebat Josephus Cominus,, Patavii, 1731 - Due volumi di cm. 24. pp. xx, 436; xvi, 183 (1); 177 (1). Legatura coeva piena pergamena con titoli in oro su tasselli ai dorsi. Imprese cominiane ai frontespizi, stemma dei Volpi più volte ripetuto, testatine, finaletti e iniziali istoriate in xilografia. Manca il ritratto del Vida che dovrebbe trovarsi al primo volume. Un ombreggiatura al margine interno delle pagine centrali del secondo volume e qualche traccia d'uso sparso. Timbro di biblioteca religiosa estinta ai frontespizi. Pregiata edizione cominiana delle opere poetiche latine dell'umanista cremonese; "This seems the best edition of Vida's works" (Di Cesare). Comprende: Christiados, Libri VI; Hymni de rebus divinis; Poetocorum libri III; Bombycum libri II; Scacchia ludus; Carmina diversi generis. La prefazione e gli argomenti della "Cristeide" sono del Botta, quelli della "Poetica" sono invece del Tartesio. Da segnalare la presenza del celebre poemetto scacchistico, che occupa le pp. 97-121 del secondo vol. L'opera, edita primamente nel 1527, incentrata su simulazioni di partite fra Apollo e Mercurio ed altre divinità mitologiche, descrive il gioco in tutte le sue mosse principali, offrendo al contempo una garbata caricatura della mitologia classica. L'opera conobbe anche svariate versioni italiane con il titolo di "Scacchiade". Fra le altre opere, il "De Arte Poetica" che riprende l'esempio oraziano della trattatistica d'arte poetica versificata, mentre il "De Bombyce" è poema sul baco da seta. La "Christiade", poema latino in sei libri, steso su incitamento di Leone X, rappresenta invece uno dei primi esempi di poesia epica religiosa delle nostre lettere. Marco Girolamo Vida (Cremona, 1470-Alba, 1566), teologo ed ecclesiastico protetto da Leone X e da Clemente VII, nel 1533 fu eletto Vescovo di Alba e partecipò nei suoi ultimi anni al Concilio di Trento (dalla sua partecipazione al Concilio nacquero le "Constitutiones Synodales", aspra condanna della corruzione del clero). Di Cesare, Bibliotheca Vidiana, n. 43 (rimandiamo a tale bibliografia per la dettagliatissima descrizione). Federici, 137/1: "Ricca, bella e stimata edizione". Brunet, V, 1181: "Bonne édition, la plus correcte et la plus recherchée". Graesse, VII, 302. Olschki, 12459. Salimbeni, 264. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Pope, Alexander; Pope
An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington.
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1731 - CONSULT THE GENIUS OF THE PLACE POPE, Alexander. [Of Taste]. An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington. Occasion'd by his publishing Palladio's designs of the Baths, Arches, Theatres, &c. of Ancient Rome. 14, [1] pp. Folio, 309 x 204 mm, bound in recent English green morocco over boards. London: Printed for L. Gilliver, 1731. First Edition. This is the highly influential poem in which Pope proclaimed his rule: "In all, let Nature never be forgot. Consult the Genius of the Place." In this Epistle Pope praised the gardens at Burlington's new Palladian villa at Chiswick House; these gardens served as the prototypes of the English school of landscape design and foreshadowed the work of "Capability" Brown. Using his own collection of drawings purchased in Italy in 1719, Burlington published Palladio's "incomplete" antiquarian studies of baths, amphitheatres and other Roman buildings. Pope's Epistle was to have accompanied Burlington's publication of Palladio's antiquities. "The famous Epistle attacked the work of other classical architects such as James Gibbs, who were thought to have misunderstood Palladio and antiquity. It also marked the creation of a social milieu of poets, musicians, landscape designers and artists that clustered around the figure of Burlington" (Palladio and Northern Europe, 1999, p. 129). The work proved popular and various issues of the first edition are known to exist, each with small typographical differences; this copy is distinguished by the following points: price on title-page "1 s."; page 6, line 13 begins: "Oft have have you." (sic); and with ten books listed on p. (15). Foxon P908. Griffith 259. ESTC T005700. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Kolben [Or Kolbe], Peter (1675-1726)
The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope: Or, a Particular Account of the Several Nations of the Hottentots...Together With a Short Account of the Dutch Settlement at the Cape...Done Into English From the Original By Mr. Medley
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. London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 volumes, 8vo. (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches). 2 engraved frontispieces, 28 engraved plates (2 folding), engraved folding map. Contemporary mottled calf, spines with raised bands in six compartments, red and green morocco labels in the second and third compartments, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt. First edition in English of a classic early account of the Hottentots and the southern tip of Africa: a lovely copy with Royal provenance. "Peter Kolben had ardently desired, from his earliest youth, to travel, and was overjoyed when his patron, the Baron van Krosick, selected him to proceed to the Cape to make astronomical researches in that country. He sailed from Texel on December 22, 1704, having made arrangements with the Dutch East India Company for his passage...He landed in the country on June 11th, and remained there till April 1713, when he returned to Amsterdam...Mr. Medley [the translator of the English edition] was of opinion that [Kolben] was not subject to 'transports of imagination, ' although he admits that some discrepancies will be found in the account of the Hottentots...It is contended, however, that despite a few inaccuracies, the volumes contain 'the exactest History of the Hottentots the World has yet seen.'...The natural history section was of considerable value at the time of publication, Sclater...observing that it 'contains the earliest list of South African animals' and there is a full account of the government of the country, with detailed descriptions of the various settlements, and a mass of information respecting the habits and customs of the native races" (Mendelssohn). First published in German in 1719, this is the first edition in English. Mendelssohn I, 844-845.
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SCHEUCHZER, Johann Jakob
Physica Sacra
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Augsburg and Ulm: [Christian Ulrich Wagner]. 1731-1732-1733-1735. Contemporary mottled calf (hinges cracked but sound) Folio . FIRST EDITION (published the same year in German: same plates in both) of this monumental illustrated natural history of the Baroque period. "In Scheuchzer's gigantic work, Physica sacra, the Baroque attains, philosophically as well as artistically, its high point and its conclusion. It is the last of those elegant works which do not really contain illustrations to a text but which are, in effect, composed of splendid plates with a text to accompany them. In Scheutzer's works everything tends toward the new style in the art of illustration; nonetheless the old technique is still predominant. Scheuchzer was simultaneously an empirical natural scientist and a Christian who believed in the Bible. He hit upon the idea of investigating and supporting with modern methods all places in which the Bible poses problems of natural science. In this way a Kupferbibel [German title] arose which was at the same time a Physica sacra; a sanctification of the earth had been accomplished. After long preparation the Zürich professor and Oberstadarzt approached the final work. He called upon the best engravers of the time and made the whole splendor of Baroque chalcography appear once more. For him, however, it was too late. He did not survive the completion of the work." (Faber du Faur, German Baroque Literature, p. 472; German text ed.)& Scheuchzer (1672-1733), an eminent natural scientist and physician from Zurich, personally oversaw the creation of the illustrations which were largely based on his own natural history cabinet or on other famous European cabinets of rare specimens. He entrusted the central designs to Johann Melchior Füssli and the elaborate borders to Johann Daniel Preissler. The plates were beautifully executed by a group of highly skilled engravers including Georg Daniel Heumann and Johann August Corvinus.& The somewhat eccentric numbering of the plates has led to different counts in the various bibliographies. The present copy is complete with all the extra plates called for. The extraordinary plates cover the fields of botany, zoology, astronomy, geography, architecture, emblematic and religious themes. Most of the plates appear within elaborate Baroque frames.& A fine set rarely found in such fresh, clean and complete condition. Also of note in collating the volume I found an apparently unrecorded Americana reference and illustration of three American birds; a vulture, falcon and a golden eagle (vol. II, p. 300, plate no. 251: “American Geyer, Geyerfalck, Gold. Adler”) Engraved frontispiece, 2 portraits (1 in mezzotint), with 760 engravings on 758 plates; plates numbered 1-750 (engravings 37, 38, & 39 on a single plate), complete with the extra plates numbered 39A, 99B, 133A, 217A, 223A, 340 A & B, 446 A, B & C, 463A & 470A; 5 plates are double-page; as usual plate LXVI with partial hand-coloring of a rainbow. The engravings are by Corvinus, Friedrich, Heumann, Sedlezky, Sperling, Tyroff (& others) after the drawings of J.M. Füssli. Two small collection blind stamps on title- pages; some very faint foxing on some text leaves; the text paper in last volume, as usual, has some light toning. Fine set. § Brunet V, 198; Graesse VI, 300; Nissen ZBI 3660; Faber du Faur 1855 (German issue)
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Addison Joseph - Steele Richard (et alii)
Le Spectateur, ou le Socrate moderne, où l'on voit un Portrait naïf des Moeurs de ce Siècle. Traduit de l'Anglois.
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Chez les Wetsteins et Smith, 1731 - 1736, A Amsterdam, - 5 voll. in-12° (170x100mm), pp. XVI, 456, (32); XII, 480; (10), 475; (6), 472; (6), 446, (22) di indici, (4) bianche; legatura coeva p. pelle con titolo in oro su tassello rosso e fregi dorati (in parte stinti) su dorsi a falsi nervi. Tagli rossi. Frontespizi in rosso e nero con vignette calcografiche. Ogni volume presenta un'antiporta figurata incisa su rame. Antiche firme di possesso. Sparse bruniture e aloni di lieve entità, rinfreschi alle lgature. Buon esemplare. Anonima traduzione francese (ma essa è attribuita a David Mortier) del più celebre giornale della letteratura inglese, di eccezionale importanza nella storia della cultura britannica ed europea del Settecento. Il periodico, fondato da Addison nel 1711, e scritto principalmente da lui stesso e da Richard Steele, fu uno specchio eloquente della nuova borghesia puritana sorta dalla rivoluzione dal 1688 e conobbe numerose imitazioni estere, tra cui la "Gazzetta Veneta" e l'"Osservatore Veneto" del Gozzi. "L'ideale calma apollinea è aspirazione dell'Addison. egli, a proposito della ristampa del giornale in volumetti maneggevoli, paragonava un vassoio di "Spettatori" , per la sua virtú di dilettare le signore, a un vassoio di dolci" (Mario Praz).
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Erasmus, Desidarius.
L'Eloge de la Folie. Composé en Forme de Déclamation, par Erasme, et traduit par Mr. Gueudeville. Avec les Notes de Gerard Listre, et les Belles Figures de Holbein.
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A Amsterdam: Chez François L'Honoré, 1731. Small octavo. [xxii], 234, [xviii]pp. *6-**5, A8-P8, Q4, R2. Title-page in red-and-black. Contemporary calf, rebacked. With an engraved frontispiece, a portrait plate showing Erasmus, More, and Holbein, six folding plates and seventy-five textual engravings. These are the same copperplates as were used in the first "counterfeit" edition of 1713/1714. Lewine, Bibliography of 18th Century Art & Illustrated Books, p. 170; Cohen-de Ricci 348; Kossman 1069; Van Der Haeghen I, 126; Sander 613.
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